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County of San Diego's Discriminatory COVID-19 Practices Are Hurting Latinos
County of San Diego's Discriminatory COVID-19 Practices Are Hurting Latinos
This is an independent opinion. Want to respond? Write your own commentary! Email hoa@ivn.us. There are three groups of people who have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in different ways. First, the ...
15 Aug, 2020
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San Diego Council President Georgette Gómez on 'Pandemic Through the Lens of Equity and Inclusion'
San Diego Council President Georgette Gómez on 'Pandemic Through the Lens of Equity and Inclusion'
Prior to Governor Newsom’s announcement of state assistance for California’s immigrant and undocumented workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, TPR spoke with San Diego City Council President, Geor ...
14 Aug, 2020
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8 min read
Migrant Students Work in Fields During COVID School Closures | CalMatters
Migrant Students Work in Fields During COVID School Closures | CalMatters
Sisters Maria and Jennifer Salvador start their days before the sun. The Southern California teenagers report to work at an Oxnard strawberry farm with one goal: To harvest as many bright red strawber ...
14 Aug, 2020
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Being in Bensonhurst: Remembrance. Resistance. Reality.
Being in Bensonhurst: Remembrance. Resistance. Reality.
I.The marches in Bensonhurst are a distant memory for me. They were 30 years ago. I don’t recall many of the specifics, the details. We rode on busses to the Slave Theatre in Brooklyn and congregated ...
11 Aug, 2020
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9 min read
Fact Check: Can Mail-In Ballots Be Sent to the Wrong Address?
Fact Check: Can Mail-In Ballots Be Sent to the Wrong Address?
Editor's note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.Absentee voting refers to when a voter requests a ballot for an e ...
10 Aug, 2020
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2 min read
Iowa Is Officially No Longer The Only State with a Lifetime Ban On Felons Voting
Iowa Is Officially No Longer The Only State with a Lifetime Ban On Felons Voting
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum, and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.‍Iowa's governor decreed Wednesday that most felons in the state ...
06 Aug, 2020
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Why The Maine GOP's Biggest Argument Against Ranked Choice Voting is a Lie
Why The Maine GOP's Biggest Argument Against Ranked Choice Voting is a Lie
After failing to submit enough valid signatures for a People’s Veto, Maine’s Republican bosses are again trying to kill ranked-choice voting (RCV). In this case, the GOP leadership is hiding behind fo ...
06 Aug, 2020
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The Way We Conduct Primaries is a Problem, and These Campaigns Aim to Fix It
The Way We Conduct Primaries is a Problem, and These Campaigns Aim to Fix It
There is growing consensus among pro-voter reformers that when we discuss comprehensive solutions to provide voters with better elections, primary election reform has to be a part of the conversation. ...
04 Aug, 2020
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Top Virginia Newspapers Endorse Amendment to End Party Control over Political Redistricting
Top Virginia Newspapers Endorse Amendment to End Party Control over Political Redistricting
The Richmond Times-Dispatch is the latest newspaper to publish an endorsement of a constitutional amendment that would end single-party control over redistricting in Virginia and bring transparency to ...
03 Aug, 2020
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These 24 States Have Already Made Voting Easier in 2020
These 24 States Have Already Made Voting Easier in 2020
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.‍With fewer than a hundred days to the presidential election, almost h ...
03 Aug, 2020
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