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The State That Defied America's Archaic Electoral Politics with a New Voting System
Democracy advocates recently celebrated a victory in Maine, where voters used ranked-choice voting in their statewide primaries — the first state ever to do so. In that election, voters also approved ...
06 Jul, 2018
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7 min read
There's A Reason It's Called the 'Declaration of Independence'
RANCHO SANTA FE, CALIF. – While small town parades, backyard barbecues and fireworks displays may be what many people associate with the 4th of July, Independence Day deserves far greater respect. Fif ...
03 Jul, 2018
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10 min read
76 Reasons I'm Lucky to Be An American
Being born in America is like winning the lottery of life.Being able-bodied and able-minded on top of that, in good health and of average or better intelligence, is just a big 'ole cherry right on top ...
03 Jul, 2018
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14 min read
Creating a Fairer Voting System: It’s Time to Take Vote Splitting Seriously
Americans deserve a fair voting systemIf you’re like many Americans, you’ve never heard of vote splitting, yet it exerts an underlying force on American elections that has the potential to change ...
02 Jul, 2018
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4 min read
The Forgotten Children: Taxpayers Fund Hundreds of Thousands of Unlawful Family Separations Every Year
Family separations at our southwest border reveal the pain when children are forcibly seized by state or federal government agencies. We see the fear and anger, and expect frustration, loss of trust, ...
26 Jun, 2018
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3 min read
Congress Demands Answers: Pentagon Stonewalls on Child Sex Abuse
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - Earlier this year, an investigation by the Associated Press revealed a disturbing sexual assault problem on some of the nation’s military bases around the world. Since the initi ...
22 Jun, 2018
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4 min read
Clean Elections: The Latest Victim of Party Politics in Maine
The partisan bickering in the Legislature has claimed another victim: Clean Elections.In 1996, Maine voters decided they’d had enough with how campaigns were funded, and they passed the Maine Clean El ...
21 Jun, 2018
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3 min read
OPINION: Both Parties Have Exploited Racism for Political Gain
Throughout slavery, Reconstruction and the movement for civil rights, African Americans in the U.S. have faced racism, social disparities, and oppression. While things have advanced for us significant ...
20 Jun, 2018
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6 min read
Iowa Independent Voters Will Decide Who Wins IA-1 Congressional Election
Iowa independent voters are watching the nation's politics as closely as the nation watches Iowa to understand political trends.As goes Iowa, so goes the nation. So they've been saying since at latest ...
18 Jun, 2018
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3 min read
Is China Playing Trump Like A Fiddle?
“Look Around the Poker Table; If You Can’t See the Sucker, You’re It”In the year and a half that Donald Trump has served as president, one of his most consistent punching bags (save for Robert Mueller ...
18 Jun, 2018
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6 min read