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The 10 Most Important Better Elections Proposals to be Decided This Election
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.It's often hard to see, but much more is at stake Tuesday than the pr...
Early Voting Trends Show Dems Falling Short in 3 out of 4 Battleground States
Editor's Note: This opinion piece originally appeared in The Hill, and has been republished on IVN with permission from the author.Polling indicates Joe Biden and the Democrats will win big. How...
This Latina Equal Pay Day, You Can Do Something About It
This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Write it! Email it to hoa@ivn.usThe coronavirus pandemic has caused long-lasting impacts that Latinas will face in the years to come on top of the...
Closing the Distance: What Distance Learning Really Looks Like
The challenges presented to schools by the pandemic, particularly those serving students and families living in historically under-resourced communities, aren’t new -- these problems have long existed...
It's Time to Close the Digital Divide Because Having Internet Access is a Human Right
This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Write it! Email it to hoa@ivn.us“Until we get equality in education, we won’t have an equal society” Supreme Court Justice Sonia SotomayorCommunit...
Explaining San Diego's Measure E, Complicated California Propositions
"The Extra Point with Jeff Marston" is aired weekly on Mightier 1090am from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday. In this episode, Marston talks to John McNab and Dike Anyiwo, who both have different views on M...
We Need to Avoid a Managed Democracy — An Election Where the Incumbent Never Loses
This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Write it! Email it to hoa@ivn.usThe New York Times ran a story recently about Marina Udgodskaya, a cleaning woman who ran for office against her b...
What’s Even Scarier Than SeaWorld’s Spooktacular? A San Diego Without the Marine Park
Her son’s third birthday party and his preschool field trip, those are the SeaWorld memories Anna M. holds dear. As a season passholder, she gushed about how fortunate children in San Diego are to get...
Here’s How California Keeps Early Votes Secret Until Election Day
Some county registrars lock up equipment and threaten dismissal to protect California’s early votes from being tallied before election day.The state legislature changed election law this year so elect...
How VotePact Gives You Leverage Over the Duopoly
VotePact is a voting strategy that advocates that people vote for their actual preferences by pairing up with someone on the other side of the Democratic-Republican divide. So people can strategically...