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California: A Voting Rights Catalyst or Dinosaur?
California: A Voting Rights Catalyst or Dinosaur?
Depending on what news station you watch, you might think that one party is the savior and the other, the enemy, of our sacred right to vote.But what if a larger battle is being waged to secure our ri ...
22 Jul, 2021
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9 min read
As We Move Toward Normalcy, We Must Continue Prioritizing Workers
As We Move Toward Normalcy, We Must Continue Prioritizing Workers
After more than a year of economic suffering that has left millions of Americans reeling from the devastating effects of unemployment, the end finally appears to be in sight. While the upward trends t ...
01 Jul, 2021
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3 min read
Stephen Walker - Trauma of Law Enforcement
Stephen Walker - Trauma of Law Enforcement
Bryan is joined by Stephen Walker of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association to discuss the unaddressed trauma of California law enforcement officers.(Originally aired - 15June21)‍ ...
21 Jun, 2021
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1 min read
Vermont Sets An Example for Bipartisan Vote-By-Mail Expansion
Vermont Sets An Example for Bipartisan Vote-By-Mail Expansion
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in The Fulcrum and has been republished with permission from the publisher. ‍While much of the country's election reform legislation has been rife with ...
09 Jun, 2021
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2 min read
PBS Film Digs Deep Into The Rise of the 'Democracy Rebellion'
PBS Film Digs Deep Into The Rise of the 'Democracy Rebellion'
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. - The most important story not being told by the mainstream press today is the many movements that have emerged to give voters an electoral system that is truly “of, by, and for” the ...
07 Jun, 2021
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1 min read
Bill To Give Parties Control over Congressional Primaries in Louisiana Dropped
Bill To Give Parties Control over Congressional Primaries in Louisiana Dropped
The movement to take control of primaries out of the hands of political parties is growing. However, nonpartisan primary systems are only in place in a few states, and the only nonpartisan system in t ...
05 May, 2021
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3 min read
Political Parties Should Be Players in Our Politics, Not The Rule Makers
Political Parties Should Be Players in Our Politics, Not The Rule Makers
We all know the system is broken. It’s rigged. It does not work. How do we know? Because our leaders are not producing solutions to the issues we care about. No one is listening, just talking past eac ...
05 May, 2021
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5 min read
'Propaganda' Website Promotes Financial Transparency
'Propaganda' Website Promotes Financial Transparency
Propaganda. We imagine regimes feeding fake news to a subjugated populous via state-controlled media. Even though we have a free press in the U.S., we have our own forms of propaganda, which is why Cy ...
21 Apr, 2021
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2 min read
Report: 70% of America Under Severe Risk of Partisan Gerrymandering
Report: 70% of America Under Severe Risk of Partisan Gerrymandering
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum, and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher. ‍As states prepare to redraw their election maps later this yea ...
06 Apr, 2021
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2 min read
Partisan Insiders Attempt to Rob Alaskans of Political Reforms They Voted For
Partisan Insiders Attempt to Rob Alaskans of Political Reforms They Voted For
Alaskans for Better Elections, along with Alaska’s Division of Elections, have filed for summary judgment in a lawsuit to overturn the historic election reform a majority of voters approved in Novembe ...
05 Apr, 2021
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3 min read