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Christmas is ‘The Point’ at Point Loma’s Portuguese Hall Celebration
This is an independent commentary. Have one of your own? Email it to hoa@ivn.usIn the age of the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone is tasked with re-imagining the future.Drive-in movies, flu shots. Take out ...
07 Dec, 2020
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2 min read
Abolishing The Electoral College Could Have Many Unintended Consequences
It’s been a month since Election Day, and we still don’t know who won the 2020 election! While it’s looking more and more clear every day that Joe Biden will be inaugurated in January, Donald Trump ha ...
07 Dec, 2020
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14 min read
As Cases Rise, College Students Take COVID-19 Prevention Into Their Own Hands
Earlier this fall, Occidental College junior Luigi Maruani laid in bed anxious and angry, swiping through his phone. His 75-year-old father had just contracted the coronavirus, and Maruani felt the fe ...
07 Dec, 2020
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8 min read
Winning Reforms: Better Elections Leaders Wrap Up & Gear Up for 2021
Voters are frustrated with the state of US politics. They want a fairer system that empowers them to elect representatives who will put their interests above those of private political parties and spe ...
04 Dec, 2020
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3 min read
Small Businesses’ Economic Recovery Will Hinge on Digital Technologies
This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Email it to hoa@ivn.usThis year has been defined by uncertainty — in homes, businesses, schools, and communities across the state. But one constan ...
04 Dec, 2020
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3 min read
When Two Parties Are Not Enough
Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared on AllSides, and has been republished on IVN with permission from the author.It is deeply frustrating for many Democrats that Dianne Feinstein and A ...
02 Dec, 2020
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4 min read
Can Gavin Newsom Use the Pandemic to Beat Back Homelessness?
If $800 million wasn’t a sufficiently appetizing carrot to get his audience to buy more motels, Gov. Gavin Newsom could dangle a more spiritual enticement: less time burning in the afterlife. At ...
02 Dec, 2020
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13 min read
The Importance of Making San Diego and Tijuana an Inclusive Region
This is an independent commentary. Want to write one of your own? Email it to hoa@ivn.usOver the course of 2020, public health, racial equity and authentic placemaking have surfaced as key issues in t ...
02 Dec, 2020
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5 min read
The Great Migration: America's Growing Exodus Away from Political Parties
The mainstream political narrative would have people believe that Americans are more deeply entrenching themselves under the banner of the Republican or Democratic Party as the divide between the part ...
30 Nov, 2020
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6 min read
Taxpayers Could Take a Hit if SDG&E’s Franchise Expires in January
This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Email it to hoa@ivn.usThe looming expiration of the city of San Diego’s franchise agreement with San Diego Gas & Electric may not be on your r ...
27 Nov, 2020
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3 min read