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Florida's Open Primaries Amendment Could Help Ensure Voter Liberty for Mainers
Florida's Open Primaries Amendment Could Help Ensure Voter Liberty for Mainers
Editor's Note: This piece originally published in the Portland Press Herald, and has been republished with permission from the author.‍The presidential election on Nov. 3 is nearly upon us. No matter ...
Gig Worker Bill: A Lousy Way to Make Law
Gig Worker Bill: A Lousy Way to Make Law
This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Write it! Email it to hoa@ivn.usCalifornia’s early 20th century reformers sought to thwart an obviously corrupt political system that benefited en...
Following the Money on San Diego's 101 Ash Street
Following the Money on San Diego's 101 Ash Street
Incredible investigative work1 by Dorian Hargrove and the NBC7 investigative team laid out how City of San Diego officials allowed a questionable land deal to go through that generated significant pro...
Maine Supreme Court: Mainers Will Rank Their Presidential Choices This November
Maine Supreme Court: Mainers Will Rank Their Presidential Choices This November
PORTLAND, MAINE - The Maine Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the secretary of state was correct in invalidating nearly 1,000 signatures collected for a people’s veto campaign to kill a 2019 law that e...
Barrio Logan Artists Respond to Pandemic's Challenges with Resilience
Barrio Logan Artists Respond to Pandemic's Challenges with Resilience
While the term "struggling" is frequently used to describe artists, "resilient,"  "resourceful" or "entrepreneurial" may be more accurate descriptions. Whatever their chosen artistic pursuit,&nbs...
The Nation Is Watching Nonpartisan Reformers Make History in 2020
The Nation Is Watching Nonpartisan Reformers Make History in 2020
Thanks to your continued commitment, the fight for nonpartisan reform has never been stronger and more unified! Last week, 200 people turned out for our second NANR spotlight to hear stories from the ...
Number of States that Require Non-COVID Reasons to Vote by Mail Drops to 5
Number of States that Require Non-COVID Reasons to Vote by Mail Drops to 5
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.‍South Carolina is poised to become the latest state to permit al...
Orlando Sentinel: Don't Let Party Bosses Rob You of Your Right to Vote
Orlando Sentinel: Don't Let Party Bosses Rob You of Your Right to Vote
ORLANDO, FLA. - Amendment 3 in Florida, the ballot measure that would adopt nonpartisan top-two open primaries for state executive and legislative elections, received a major endorsement from the Orla...
Bill’s Defeat Keeps Undocumented Garment Workers in Meager Wages
Bill’s Defeat Keeps Undocumented Garment Workers in Meager Wages
Before he was hospitalized with COVID-19, before his roommates kicked him out of their shared apartment because of his illness, before he found himself unhoused for the first time in his life, Francis...
How to Make Sense of Affirmative Action in UC Admissions
How to Make Sense of Affirmative Action in UC Admissions
Is affirmative action “the enemy of white people who are contractors and Americans of Asian descent who are trying to get into the University of California at Berkeley,” as one influential critic call...