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Court Ruling in Military Sexual Assault Case Creates Slippery Slope
In July, an appeals court upheld an earlier ruling from a lower court that said military commanders ultimately were not responsible for the actions of their subordinates in regards to sexual assaults, ...
27 Aug, 2014
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Who Says All Democrats Are the Same?
California's state government is changing. Since voters approved the top-two primary system in 2010, a new type of representative has a chance to make it to Sacramento.At least, that's what Democrat B ...
26 Aug, 2014
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5 Most Common Campaign Strategies Major Parties Use Against Independent Candidates
When major party candidates are faced with the prospect of running against an independent candidate, they are often faced with a dilemma they are not prepared to deal with. Our political system has ev ...
25 Aug, 2014
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6 Things the Crisis in Ferguson Is Showing Us about America
The shooting death of an unarmed black civilian by a white police officer this month has made Ferguson, Mo., a flashpoint for some of the most divisive issues in America today.Reports show that Michae ...
22 Aug, 2014
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Over 100 Immigration Activists Arrested in D.C. as Partisanship Paralyzes Congress
Thirteen-year-old Stephanie Roman-Reyes can identify with the tens of thousands of refugee children in danger of deportation along the southern U.S. border.Huddled beneath a tree in Lafayette Squ ...
04 Aug, 2014
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How Do We Define the Political Center on Privacy?
While the U.S. political scene is often described as polarized, many members within the major political parties can agree on one issue: privacy and surveillance. From Democrats like Dianne Feinstein a ...
04 Aug, 2014
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2 States, D.C. to Let Voters Decide Fate of Marijuana Legalization
A plume is haunting America -- the plume of legal marijuana. The November ballots of two states, Oregon and Alaska, and the District of Columbia will include initiatives to legalize recreational marij ...
31 Jul, 2014
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Independent Candidates See 2014 as Opportunity for Change in Washington
Despite consistently low approval ratings of Congress, candidates outside the Democratic and Republican parties have faced an uphill battle gaining enough exposure and credibility to get elected.Since ...
28 Jul, 2014
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Harry Reid: The Most Powerful Man in Congress
The current era, dubiously named “the New Gilded Age” by more than a few journalists, is characterized not only by extreme inequality of wealth, and therefore power, but also the concentration of ...
21 Jul, 2014
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IVN Daily Digest -- July 16, 2014
1. California No Party Preference candidate Dan Schnur published an op-ed in the Philadelphia Daily News about the growing independent voting bloc and the future of politics."Independent voters are no ...
16 Jul, 2014
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