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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 ...
16 Sep, 2020
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8 min read
We Need Chief Elections Officials to be Umpires, Not Players
Editor's Note: This article originally published on Governing and has been republished on IVN with permission from the author.Election specialists and national security experts have been gaming ...
15 Sep, 2020
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4 min read
AB 5, COVID-19 Puts Strain on San Diego Husband and Wife Artists
Before 2020, Court Jones and his wife, Debbie Burmeister, said they thrived in the arts industry, finding an abundance of work in drawing live, digital caricatures at parties and trade shows. But when ...
15 Sep, 2020
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3 min read
Vote ‘Yes’ on Prop. 20 Because a Violent Crime by Any Other Name is Still Violent
This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Write it! Email it to hoa@ivn.usWe've all heard the famous quote from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet — "What's in a name?" — which suggests that t ...
11 Sep, 2020
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5 min read
Homeless: Housing First vs. Services & Housing
Housing First is a program developed by the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness that requires that homeless individuals receive stable and permanent housing before they can benefit from other ser ...
11 Sep, 2020
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5 min read
YIMBYs, NIMBYs, ‘Regular People’ and SB 1120
The Embarcadero Institute released a report in September titled, "Double Counting in the Latest Housing Needs Assessment."The acronyms stand for “Yes in my backyard” and “Not in my backyard.”The term ...
11 Sep, 2020
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7 min read
A First: Ohio Will Show Voters How Many Absentee Ballots Remain Uncounted in Election Results
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum, and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.Ohio will provide updates starting election night on the number ...
10 Sep, 2020
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2 min read
The Story Behind SDSU West, San Diego's Homeless Voices Matter
"The Extra Point with Jeff Marston" is aired weekly on Mightier 1090 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday. In this episode, Marston talks to former California lawmaker Steve Peace about SDSU West, IVN San ...
09 Sep, 2020
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1 min read
National Reformers Spotlight 9 Efforts to Give All Voters an Equal Vote in Elections
With Labor Day in the rearview mirror, campaigns across the country are ramping up their activities the best they can in the final eight weeks of a pandemic-affected election. This includes several ca ...
09 Sep, 2020
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7 min read
Coronavirus Shutdowns Are Hitting Vietnamese-Owned Nail Salons Hard
Tracy Tran’s years of savings are gone. Most went into the nearly $13,500 monthly rent she says she’s been paying for her shuttered business since March, when coronavirus public health orders forced h ...
09 Sep, 2020
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5 min read