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Tax-Exempt Political Parties Have Money and Resources to Keep Elections Rigged
Nonprofits have been in the news lately, and it isn’t necessarily because of the good they’re doing.For starters, more than 412,000 people have signed a Change.org petition to revoke the National Foot ...
08 Oct, 2014
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Gay Marriage Rights Extended in 5 States after SCOTUS Rejects Appeals
The Associated Press reports that the Supreme Court on Monday rejected to hear the appeals of 5 states in an effort to keep their bans on same-sex marriage. Marriage rights will immediately ...
06 Oct, 2014
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Prize-Linked Savings Accounts: Getting Americans Invested In Their Own Future
According to the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL), lotteries drew in $78 billion and doled out $19 billion in 2012. Lotteries have not slowed down in recent ye ...
03 Oct, 2014
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Calif. Assembly Candidate Bill Dodd Weighs In on Top-Two, Water Issues
In an interview for IVN, Bill Dodd (D), candidate for California's Assembly District 4, discussed his experience running in the state's new nonpartisan, top-two open primary.Assembly District 4 i ...
25 Sep, 2014
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The New Face of Poverty in America: Service Members and Veterans
As service members approach the looming fiscal year with uncertainty, a recent survey from Feeding America found that a quarter of the families that their food banks serve are military families a ...
22 Sep, 2014
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Independent Greg Orman Challenges Sen Roberts' Voting Record in First Debate
The first debate in the Kansas race for U.S. Senate was held at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson, Kansas on Saturday. In the first face-to-face meeting, Republican incumbent Pat Roberts continued h ...
09 Sep, 2014
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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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