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Amendment to Protect Industrial Hemp Production Survives House Vote
Source: Industrial Hemp Tasmania / FacebookA bipartisan amendment to the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (FARM Bill) that would guarantee a state's right to make its own de...
Independent Bernie Sanders On Wiretapping: "Nothing Unusual"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdcHBifH5fg&feature=youtu.beSpeaking on the floor of the Senate Tuesday, Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) offered his view on warrantless wiretapping:"It turns out that wh...
Mapping Happiness on Twitter: Where Does Your State Rank?
According to recent research mapping sentiment on Twitter, Napa - located in the heart of California's Wine Country region - is home to the happiest tweeters in the nation.California as a whole, howev...
Proposition C Passes in Los Angeles Elections
Polling place in Los Angeles // credit: atvn.orgUnofficial results from the LA City Clerk's office indicate that Proposition C has passed with 76.56 percent of Los Angeles voters supporting the ballo...
Proposition C in Los Angeles Fights Corporate Personhood
Richard Cavalleri / Shutterstock.comSince 2010, a growing number of local propositions and resolutions have passed in a largely symbolic effort to override portions of the Supreme Court's decision in...
Taser Death in Vermont Raises Questions of Reasonable Use
Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell // Photo: Valley News - Theophil SysloWhen the Attorney General of Vermont decided not to prosecute a Vermont State trooper who used a taser to kill an unarme...
Georgia Rep Paul Broun Introduces \Audit the Fed\ Legislation
With the retirement of Ron Paul in 2013, the former Texas congressman leaves behind an ideological legacy that several are lining up to continue. One point Paul advocated for was a motion to "audit th...
Georgia Rep Paul Broun Introduces \Audit the Fed\ Legislation
With the retirement of Ron Paul in 2013, the former Texas congressman leaves behind an ideological legacy that several are lining up to continue. One point Paul advocated for was a motion to "audit th...
The Veterans Affairs Department Gets Occupied But Still Ignores
Photo: U.S. Department of Veteran AffairsOn October 4, a small group of American veterans went to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in Washington, D.C., to talk to officials there about ve...
This Year, Record Numbers of Independents Elected
Credit: MTV.comDuring this election, IVN made an effort to give fair coverage to third party candidates running for president, such as Gary Johnson, Jill Stein, Rocky Anderson and Virgil Goode, ...