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Side Hustles, Liquidating 401(k)s: Here’s How Jobless Californians Are Getting by Without the Extra $600
Since the federal weekly $600 boost expired last month, unemployed Californians have been living on impossibly low budgets — and expect to do so in the coming months even if President Trump’s weekend ...
11 Aug, 2020
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7 min read
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
The 18th-Century Reason Biden's VP Pick Should Be a Night Owl
If Joe Biden were to ask the framers of the constitution what qualities he should look for in a running mate, they might single out one in particular: a love of lucubration. It literally means w ...
06 Aug, 2020
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3 min read
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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6 min read
NY Libertarian, Green Parties Sue State Officials over New Restrictive Ballot Access Rules
ALBANY, N.Y. - The Libertarian Party of New York (LPNY) and Green Party of New York (GPNY) filed a lawsuit against state officials Tuesday for new ballot access restrictions the parties say were passe ...
28 Jul, 2020
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3 min read
A National Database: The Nonpartisan Solution to Police Misconduct
Editor's Note: Please see the corresponding number in the "Notes" for the source of the information.IntroductionNow more than ever, police misconduct has rocketed to the forefront of our national conv ...
24 Jul, 2020
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12 min read
How We Vote Could Make You Sick, And We Shouldn't Accept That
Voting is a right; This shouldn’t be a controversial statement but it is. The struggle to ensure that every adult United States citizen has the right to vote has been going on since the founding of ou ...
20 Jul, 2020
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3 min read
Nonpartisan Coalition Asks Trump, Biden to Unmask Campaign Bundlers
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum, and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.Good-government groups are launching a new push for campaign fi ...
15 Jul, 2020
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Nonpartisan Coalition Asks Trump, Biden to Unmask Campaign Bundlers
Good-government groups are launching a new push for campaign finance transparency during the presidential campaign.
15 Jul, 2020
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2 min read
OPINION: No More Dirty Partisan Tricks in Florida
This November, St. John’s County Florida elects a sheriff. It’s an important race as law enforcement culture and training is the subject of local and national debate--except 47.2% of voters in th ...
13 Jul, 2020
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2 min read