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Legislators Introduce Bill to Establish Open Primaries in Maine
After the citizens of Maine voted ‘yes’ to establish Ranked Choice Voting in the state, the legislature is now working on a bill that would introduce statewide open primaries to the electoral process....
Increasing Voter Turnout Means Putting Our Money Where Our Mouth Is
This was just one of the compelling statistics discussed on Wednesday, February 1 at the very first forum hosted by the newly-founded California Latino Economic Institute (CLEI), which is a colla...
"Napoleon Is Always Right": Trump, Truth, and the Origins of Totalitarianism
"In an ever-changing, incomprehensible world the masses had reached the point where they would, at the same time, believe everything and nothing, think that everything was possible and nothing was tru...
Partisan Gerrymandering is One Step Closer to the Supreme Court
In a move likely to upset Democrats and Republicans at the national level, a federal court-panel has enjoined Wisconsin state officials from using existing district maps and ordered the state to redra...
Trumping NeoCons: The Rise of the Non-Interventionist Right
Last week, the Donald Trump administration dealt the neocon establishment two pounding blows. Yet, the mainstream media and the global justice movement did not seem to connect the dots.Let’s be c...
Schumer's Crocodile Tears and Trump's Gay Executive Order
We see it every day. Go on Facebook and you might be convinced that Hitler has been reincarnated as a Hotelier-in-Chief.Unfortunately, few people engage with the hysteria coming from the left. Why wou...
#Hashtagivism: 5 Partisan Boycotts Throw Social Media into Turmoil
In the internet age, being an activist is easier than ever.#Hashtagivism is on the rise, jumping from cause to cause and targeting companies like Starbucks and Uber, and events like the Oscars and&nbs...
Trump Could Make the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Worse
The United States has been Israel’s primary benefactor since the early Cold War days, so President Donald Trump’s support of Israel is certainly reinforced by an abundance of precedent. However, his o...
WikiLeaks Blows the Whistle: Bye Bye TPP, Hello TiSA
While everyone was busy discussing the TPP and NAFTA renegotiation during the presidential election, very few noticed that another trade agreement, possibly the biggest and with a stronger potential i...
WATCH: The Road Ahead (Opening Up Our Electoral System)
While Donald Trump stunned the world by defeating Hillary Clinton, a small percentage of political outsiders watched the results to see if they could capitalize on an election season that left few fee...