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10 Most Popular IVN Articles from 2014
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25 Dec, 2014
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5 States Likely to Take Up Marijuana Legalization in 2016
For many advocates of marijuana legalization, 2014 was a banner year. With initiatives passing in Oregon, Alaska, and in Washington D.C., it seems that the United States may be just a few short years ...
09 Dec, 2014
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4 Key Areas of the American Political System Need Fixed to Improve Government
We are all incredulous spectators to the dismal theatrics playing year after year in Washington D.C., sowing more are more mistrust and disgust in the minds of the American people. But where is the ba ...
08 Dec, 2014
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Feds Vow Civil, Possible Criminal Charges After Japanese Airbag Maker Refuses National Recall
WASHINGTON, D.C.— A federal official with the nation’s top auto safety regulator vowed at a House subcommittee hearing on Wednesday that the agency would consider every legal measure available against ...
04 Dec, 2014
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An ‘Unspeakable’ Way to Return the Republic to the People
SAN DIEGO – Every two years, we are graced with the opportunity to either restart our Nation or reaffirm Jonathan Gruber’s hypothesis concerning our stupidity. Unfortunately, the Parties have conditio ...
03 Dec, 2014
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Political Donors Spent Enough Money Last Election to Rebuild Detroit Twice
At a time when fewer than 35 of 435 Congressional races are competitive, political spending in midterm elections has never been higher. The projected total for the 2014 elections was $3.67 b ...
01 Dec, 2014
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Strange Presidential Traditions: Turkey Pardoning
With Thanksgiving upon us, it's time to reflect on the culinary embodiment of this American tradition -- the turkey. The turkey's ascendency to fame has its humble origins as far back as the First Tha ...
26 Nov, 2014
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U.S. Lagging Behind Central and South American Countries in Marijuana Legalization
Across the Americas, marijuana is entering the mainstream. Along with a Republican victory in the November elections, various marijuana laws passed around the country in referendum measures. Similarly ...
17 Nov, 2014
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Hawks Lost the War on Drugs -- Get Over It
While the news is focusing on the newly-elected Republican Congress wrangling with whether or not to overturn Washington, D.C.'s decriminalization of marijuana, the "War on Drugs" continues to be lost ...
13 Nov, 2014
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Ebola Strikes Mask Collective Bargaining Disputes at Some Hospitals
Registered nurses organized strikes across the country on Wednesday to protest care standards in the wake of the Ebola crisis, even as some hospitals wrangled with union members over their pensions, p ...
13 Nov, 2014
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