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Colorado Passes Law Expanding Voting Access, Follows National Trend
http://www.opencurrency.com/Last week, the Colorado Senate voted in favor of an important election reform bill, making the state the latest example of a nationwide trend to expand voting access.In 20...
Beyond the Headlines: Nathan Fletcher, Drones and Election Reform
Illinois Concealed Carry Debate Continues by Carl WicklanderApproximately one month separates Illinois from its deadline to enact some form of concealed carry legislation and the passions on both...
California Legislation Addresses Medical Marijuana Throughout State
Credit: cpapracticeadvisor.comThis week, the Supreme Court of California is tasked with making a decision regarding the functionality of medical marijuana dispensaries throughout the state. The ...
Who Benefits Most from the War on Drugs?
McCarthy's PhotoWorks / Shutterstock.comAfter voters legalized marijuana for recreational use in Colorado and Washington state, 2012 was considered, by many, to be a good year for supporters of compr...
Rand Paul Nullification Proposal Emerges in Gun Debate
(Credit: Gage Skidmore)With a spate of shootings in recent months, there are calls for tighter gun control and President Obama has political capital to spend.Getting much of what he wanted with the f...
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A scandal broke out shortly after Senator Barack Obama was elected President in 2008. It involved the then-governor of his home state and the Senate seat that the President-Elect was vacating. &...
Firearm Debate in America Focuses on Freedom and Safety
Visual.ly and SurveyMonkey team up to bring us this interesting infographic about Americans and firearms. Recent national tragedies like the Aurora, Colorado theatre shooting and the Sandy Hook shooti...
5 Media Fails of 2012
Another year has passed and a handful of notable media misreports along with it. One of the most prestigious journalists was caught plagiarizing another journalist’s work this year as well as one repo...
Top Ten Most Popular IVN Articles of 2012
2012 was a big year for IVN. It was a year of significant expansion and accomplishments. IVN reached out to an audience of over seven million people with content written by independent contributors fo...
New PPIC Report Addresses California's Water Market
The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) recently released a report, "Managing California's Water: From Crisis to Conflict." The report overviews the major issues facing California water ...