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OPINION: The Midterm Results Are a Serious Wake Up Call for Progressives
Since 2016, energized progressives have sought to break the cycle that has seen power swing between establishment politicians in the Democratic and Republican parties for decades. After disappointing ...
08 Nov, 2018
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4 min read
50 Major Ways The Democratic Party Has Sold Out Its Own Values
Many political commentators today are perplexed by what seems to be the increasing polarization of the two party system in America, and the rising tensions that have accompanied a rhetorical arms race ...
03 Nov, 2018
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15 min read
Could A High-Speed “Rail to Nowhere” Save California's Poorest Neighborhoods?
FRESNO, CALIF. -The plan: cover one of the most destitute tracts of California’s poorest major city with a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course and watch dust turn to dollars.But soon, funding for the p ...
15 Oct, 2018
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20 min read
Unrigging The System: How Voters Can Reclaim Their Power This November
Political reformers across America are paying close attention to key elections on November 6. But their focus is not on candidates or political parties. It’s about how Americans vote on ballot measure ...
12 Sep, 2018
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3 min read
Power to the People: 9 Wins (And Counting) in 2018 to Unrig the System
In the current political environment, the perception is that there is much that divides Americans. Yet there is one important thing that unites most people across the political spectrum: the idea that ...
11 Sep, 2018
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2 min read
Caltrans Vendor Accused Of Distributing Anti-Gas Tax Repeal Flyers
San Diego, CA.-Drawing parallels to the New Jersey Bridgegate scandal, supporters of the "Yes on 6" effort to repeal the Gas Tax Measure in California, have sent letters to to three agencies urging th ...
29 Aug, 2018
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3 min read
Trump-Paul Alliance Strengthens
President Donald Trump and Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) played another round of golf this Sunday in New Jersey before Paul was seen boarding Air Force One with the president for a flight back to Washingt ...
20 Aug, 2018
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3 min read
9 States Where Registered Independents Outnumber Both Major Political Parties
Millions of voters are not just choosing to self-identify as independent of the two major parties, they are dumping their party registrations in droves.In about half the states that register voters by ...
08 Aug, 2018
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5 min read
The 8 Worst Ballot Access Laws in America
To have their voices heard and enact change, citizens are urged to use their vote. But how can America's population be truly represented when, in some states, it is nearly impossible for independent o ...
01 Aug, 2018
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2 min read
Will Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Primary Victory Really Shake Up Party Control?
A thrilling victory by a young insurgent candidate, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, against a 20-year incumbent and party boss, US Rep. Joseph Crowley, in the June 26 New York primary seems to be reverberat ...
10 Jul, 2018
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4 min read