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How Systemic Government Failures Have Contributed to Violence in America
How Systemic Government Failures Have Contributed to Violence in America
To wrap our minds around violence in America, we must step back and look at the whole.Violence has many forms: child neglect and abuse, spouse and partner rage, school bullying, sexual assaults on cam ...
16 Nov, 2017
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In Troubling Move, Military to Recruit People with History of Mental Illness
In Troubling Move, Military to Recruit People with History of Mental Illness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x52hu0ilm4EVideo Credit: RTA widely circulated article by Fox News Tuesday reports that the U.S. Army, struggling to meet its recruitment quotas, will be lowering ...
15 Nov, 2017
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3 min read
The GOP Tax Plan Is A Disastrous Train Wreck
The GOP Tax Plan Is A Disastrous Train Wreck
The point of electing Centrist Independents is to empower the political center, to build a bridge between Republicans and Democrats, and to get things done.As I’ve written before in our Finding Common ...
15 Nov, 2017
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Move Over California, The Single-Payer Revolution Takes Off In Another Blue State
Move Over California, The Single-Payer Revolution Takes Off In Another Blue State
Mass-Care is the name of the Bay State’s campaign to bring affordable health care to all Massachusetts residents under a single-payer system. Such a system could serve as the archetype for all of ...
15 Nov, 2017
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Is Donald Trump's Policies Hurting International Adoption?
Is Donald Trump's Policies Hurting International Adoption?
In September, President Trump issued a presidential proclamation adding a number of countries to his travel ban that made headlines earlier this year. The original list of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, ...
09 Nov, 2017
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3 Indisputable Reasons the Two-Party System is Failing America
3 Indisputable Reasons the Two-Party System is Failing America
In a nutshell, here’s how I would describe the state of American politics. The regulators are unqualified to regulate. The parties are unqualified to govern. The political scientists are unqualified t ...
08 Nov, 2017
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How Seattle Is Leading the Fight Against Corrupt Politics
How Seattle Is Leading the Fight Against Corrupt Politics
The experiment to save American democracy is happening, right now. And if you’re an American desperate to see a solution to the corrupt status quo, you should be paying attention.In late 2015, the peo ...
02 Nov, 2017
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Obamacare Premiums Set To Skyrocket After Judge's Ruling
Obamacare Premiums Set To Skyrocket After Judge's Ruling
Eighteen attorneys general were anticipating this day in court. The day they believed a judge would strike down the Trump administration's order denying payment of Obamacare subsidies.The payments fro ...
27 Oct, 2017
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Monopoly Politics: Only 5% of House Seats Up for Grabs in 2018
Monopoly Politics: Only 5% of House Seats Up for Grabs in 2018
As we do each election cycle, FairVote has projected the partisan results of the next elections to the U.S. House of Representatives, and the results show a shocking lack of competition or f ...
25 Oct, 2017
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One Congressman Pushes Bill To Eliminate Party Primaries
One Congressman Pushes Bill To Eliminate Party Primaries
Washington is a mess. Our politics doesn’t work. Politicians are pointing at the voters as the problem -- that somehow we’ve become less civil, more polarized and less able to come together across par ...
24 Oct, 2017
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