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OPINION: An Independent's Role in the Health Care Debate
Over the last 15 to 20 years, health care has gone through quite a few changes. Drastic government initiatives for health insurance mainly started with President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Social Security Ac...
Party Insiders, Lobbyists Sue to Get Anti-Corruption Measure off Missouri Ballot
There is a proposed constitutional amendment that is slated to be on the November ballot in Missouri aimed at eliminating corruption, creating a more transparent legislative process, and ending partis...
The DNC Just Made A Historic Reform to Its "Superdelegates"
Democrats at the DNC voted overwhelmingly on Saturday by voice vote to approve historic measures that will limit the role of its so-called "superdelegates" in future Democratic presidential nominating...
OPINION: Why "Medicare for All" Is A Lot More Affordable Than You Think
The idea of universal health care (Medicare for All) has surged in popularity since the 2016 Bernie Sanders campaign. Quite a few progressive candidates for the 2018 midterm elections ran, or are runn...
6 Overlooked Efforts to Work Across the Aisle in Congress
Shouting “news” anchors. A barrage of insults. Media headlines plastered with scandals and investigations. We must be watching politics in modern day America. A 2017 study by the Pew Research Center s...
Media Stays Silent as U.S. Backs Saudi War Crimes in Yemen
Not only is the United States backing the Saudi monarchy with intelligence and logistical support as it prosecutes a violent proxy war via relentless airstrikes in one of the world's most destitute an...
The Summer of Our Discontent
Lately, I’ve been glued to my laptop watching CNN news clips from 1999, when Donald Trump was weighing a possible presidential run in the Reform Party. “Everybody wants me to run for President …” he t...
9 States Where Registered Independents Outnumber Both Major Political Parties
Millions of voters are not just choosing to self-identify as independent of the two major parties, they are dumping their party registrations in droves.In about half the states that register voters by...
Most Talked About Companies In Congress
As reported by the Wall Street Journal, Facebook has asked large US banks to allow it access to detailed customer data. The social media giant claims the talks were aimed at offering new features...
Is the Two-Party System Threatening Our Nation's Future?
Abraham Lincoln once famously said, “a house divided against itself cannot stand.”In October of last year, Pew Research released a study revealing what many of us already know: the partisan divide has...