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Embarcadero Institute Responds to Housing Formula Report Critiques
Embarcadero Institute Responds to Housing Formula Report Critiques
Last week TPR shared a new report from Embarcadero Institute disputing the accuracy of the state's methodology for calculating local housing needs. With the state moving to hold local governments acco ...
02 Oct, 2020
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Breonna Taylor Rally: Why San Diegans Are Protesting
Breonna Taylor Rally: Why San Diegans Are Protesting
Protesters throughout the U.S. marched this week after a Kentucky grand jury determined it would not bring charges against Louisville officers who shot and killed Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black w ...
25 Sep, 2020
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1 min read
These 34 States Are Making Voting Easier ahead of November
These 34 States Are Making Voting Easier ahead of November
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.‍Voting in the presidential election ends in 40 days, and states ...
24 Sep, 2020
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4 min read
It's Time to Drive Out Legalized, Systemic Corruption in Congress
It's Time to Drive Out Legalized, Systemic Corruption in Congress
This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Write it! Email it to hoa@ivn.us.Home Box Office released a documentary this summer called “The Swamp.” I’ve had enough exposure to American polit ...
09 Sep, 2020
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2 min read
California Elections 2020: Proposition 17 - Voting After Prison
California Elections 2020: Proposition 17 - Voting After Prison
What is Proposition 17?Proposition 17 is a constitutional amendment that would allow people on parole for felony convictions to vote in California.[1]Currently, the California Constitution disqualifie ...
06 Sep, 2020
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3 min read
Will California Change Policing?
Will California Change Policing?
It’s crunch month for California legislators who promised sweeping reforms in response to the police killing of George Floyd and the protests his death unleashed.Yet some social justice advocates doub ...
18 Aug, 2020
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8 min read
Want to Vote By Mail? Anti-Corruption Group Launches Resource to Counter Disinformation and Confusion
Want to Vote By Mail? Anti-Corruption Group Launches Resource to Counter Disinformation and Confusion
FLORENCE, MASS. - Elections officials in the US are expecting a surge in absentee votes in the 2020 election as the US continues to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. To provide voters with the resource ...
13 Aug, 2020
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Should the State Investigate Local Police Shootings? California Rethinks its Resistance
Should the State Investigate Local Police Shootings? California Rethinks its Resistance
If officers shot and killed Sean Monterrosa in Connecticut or New York — instead of in Vallejo, California — a state agency would investigate the June 2 incident, when a police officer reportedly mist ...
11 Aug, 2020
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13 min read
How We Vote Could Make You Sick, And We Shouldn't Accept That
How We Vote Could Make You Sick, And We Shouldn't Accept That
Voting is a right; This shouldn’t be a controversial statement but it is. The struggle to ensure that every adult United States citizen has the right to vote has been going on since the founding of ou ...
20 Jul, 2020
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3 min read
Former Michigan Gov Calls Mail-In Voter Fraud Claims 'Utter BS'
Former Michigan Gov Calls Mail-In Voter Fraud Claims 'Utter BS'
As the fight continues across the country to expand safe and secure options for voters to participate in the 2020 elections, 5 nonpartisan organizations collaborated to put on a virtual rally to bolst ...
26 Jun, 2020
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5 min read