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Beyond Party Politics: 4 Common Sense Solutions to Smart Trade Policy
Beyond Party Politics: 4 Common Sense Solutions to Smart Trade Policy
How could a handful of common-sense, independent Senators defuse the partisanship around trade? By changing the way we talk about the whole issue.Most American say they believe in markets. Why? Becaus ...
22 Mar, 2018
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5 min read
Voters, Not Politicians: The Fight to End Partisan Gerrymandering Rages On [Podcast]
Voters, Not Politicians: The Fight to End Partisan Gerrymandering Rages On [Podcast]
Katie Fahey, President and Treasure of Voters Not Politicians, is leading an effort to establish a citizen's redistricting commission in Michigan. She and her team have built a statewide net ...
15 Mar, 2018
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1 min read
Yank Her Mic: Moment My Interviewee Gets Microphone Ripped at Supreme Court Protest
Yank Her Mic: Moment My Interviewee Gets Microphone Ripped at Supreme Court Protest
I watched as the microphone I had clipped to my interviewee's coat was suddenly yanked off, and she was silenced by a well-dressed woman with the teacher's union who had approached us. We were standin ...
28 Feb, 2018
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4 min read
Why America is Simply Ill-Equipped To Solve Gun Violence
Why America is Simply Ill-Equipped To Solve Gun Violence
Mark Duncan has already had a near death experience with a mass shooter.His daughter Faryn, a 20-year-old student at University of Nevada Las Vegas found herself in the crosshairs at a country music f ...
20 Feb, 2018
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5 min read
Unrigging The System: Reformers, Civic Groups Take Action Following Historic Summit
Unrigging The System: Reformers, Civic Groups Take Action Following Historic Summit
The Unrig The System Summit in New Orleans was a historic event that brought together people from across the political spectrum who could all agree on at least one thing: Our political process is corr ...
17 Feb, 2018
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10 min read
3 Lessons Will Decide Fate of Historic Independent Movement
3 Lessons Will Decide Fate of Historic Independent Movement
Three lessons for independent and third-party candidates and activists will determine the future of our nation and our shared planet.My position is simple: We are the answer. Our nation and our democr ...
15 Feb, 2018
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5 min read
Independent Bob Krist Fights Back Against One of the Worst Ballot Access Laws in America
Independent Bob Krist Fights Back Against One of the Worst Ballot Access Laws in America
Welcome to one of our weekly posts, Independent Action, where we let you know the important moves independent candidates and organizations made over the past week. This week we will be discussing Greg ...
06 Feb, 2018
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2 min read
Vermont Governor Signs Historic Marijuana Legalization Bill
Vermont Governor Signs Historic Marijuana Legalization Bill
Vermont is the first state to legalize adults’ possession and limited cultivation of marijuana legislativelyMarijuana will be legal in nine states and the nation’s capital when Vermont law takes effec ...
22 Jan, 2018
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3 min read
Gerrymandering: Two Bullies vs. The Voters
Gerrymandering: Two Bullies vs. The Voters
All eyes in political reform circles are on the Wisconsin gerrymandering case (Gill v. Whitford) argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on October 3, 2017.The case was brought by a group of Democrats ch ...
15 Jan, 2018
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4 min read
Vermont Makes History with Marijuana Legalization Bill
Vermont Makes History with Marijuana Legalization Bill
Vermont is poised to become the 30th U.S. state to legalize marijuana for medical or recreational consumption, and the first state to legalize adults’ possession and limited cultivation of marijuana t ...
11 Jan, 2018
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2 min read