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GOP Rep. Roskam: Pharmacy Gag Order is "Indefensible"
GOP Rep. Roskam: Pharmacy Gag Order is "Indefensible"
Rep. Peter Roskam thinks corporate drug pricing practices are “outrageous,” “indefensible” and “won’t stand up to scrutiny” that his Congressional sub-committee may give them.Roskam, a Republican from...
The Harsh Reality: Americans Are Losing Hope
The Harsh Reality: Americans Are Losing Hope
As an independent candidate for president in the 2016 election cycle, I travelled 20 months and over 70,000 miles around America. As a Green Party candidate for Congress in upstate New York, I now tra...
Time To Eliminate YOUR Wall Street Tax?
Time To Eliminate YOUR Wall Street Tax?
As we get older, and hopefully wiser, we generally start to become more discerning on how we view the world and the problems we face. Many of us who seek to make the world a better place try to look a...
Beyond Party Politics: 4 Common Sense Solutions to Smart Trade Policy
Beyond Party Politics: 4 Common Sense Solutions to Smart Trade Policy
How could a handful of common-sense, independent Senators defuse the partisanship around trade? By changing the way we talk about the whole issue.Most American say they believe in markets. Why? Becaus...
Will a New Political Party Rise in 2018?
Will a New Political Party Rise in 2018?
Independent candidates have not traditionally fared well in American politics. Ralph Nader and Ross Perot come to mind when we talk about those who managed to make a dent, and it’s stories like theirs...
Vermont Governor Signs Historic Marijuana Legalization Bill
Vermont Governor Signs Historic Marijuana Legalization Bill
Vermont is the first state to legalize adults’ possession and limited cultivation of marijuana legislativelyMarijuana will be legal in nine states and the nation’s capital when Vermont law takes effec...
Vermont Makes History with Marijuana Legalization Bill
Vermont Makes History with Marijuana Legalization Bill
Vermont is poised to become the 30th U.S. state to legalize marijuana for medical or recreational consumption, and the first state to legalize adults’ possession and limited cultivation of marijuana t...
In Big Win for Federalism, "Magic" Mushrooms Up Next for CA Ballot?
In Big Win for Federalism, "Magic" Mushrooms Up Next for CA Ballot?
Supporters of a 2018 ballot initiative to legalize psychedelic mushrooms in California were given the green light by the state attorney general's office earlier this month to circulate petitions and g...
INCREDIBLE: Third Party, Independent Representation Up 40% Since 2014
INCREDIBLE: Third Party, Independent Representation Up 40% Since 2014
Voter distaste for both the Democratic Party and GOP seems to be at an all-time high. But candidate success outside the major parties remains elusive in Washington.
DNC Delegate: Quit Partying and Quit Bernie
DNC Delegate: Quit Partying and Quit Bernie
I remember the exact date I fell in love with Bernie Sanders. It was December 10, 2010.That’s when I happened to tune into a 69-year-old white-haired senator from Vermont in the eighth hour of his fam...