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PBS Going Conservative? New Show Launches in April
PBS Going Conservative? New Show Launches in April
Why should taxpayers be footing the bill to the tune of $445 million in recent years, for a liberal media voice?It's an argument that's been made in conservative and some independent circles for years ...
28 Feb, 2018
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Supreme Court Keeps Washington's Persecution of Some Immigrants on Pause
Supreme Court Keeps Washington's Persecution of Some Immigrants on Pause
SO yesterday the Supreme Court declined to review a decision by a federal appeals court in California to order the White House to continue the DACA policy. It's a moment of relief for the 690,000 peop ...
27 Feb, 2018
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New Political Movement Aims to Unite America with National Slate of Independent Candidates
New Political Movement Aims to Unite America with National Slate of Independent Candidates
Unite America, formerly the Centrist Project, announced Tuesday a historic national slate of independent candidates running for governor and US Senate.The 5 candidates on the slate include: Incumbent ...
27 Feb, 2018
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A Weekend of Conventions: IVN is Coast to Coast From CPAC to the CA Dem Conventions
A Weekend of Conventions: IVN is Coast to Coast From CPAC to the CA Dem Conventions
IVN is going to the Democrat and Republican conventions this weekend to ask the leaders of the two parties some tough questions.In San Diego, the California Democrats State Convention is being held. I ...
22 Feb, 2018
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Election Reformers: Let History Guide You. Lessons of How Slavery Formed our Two Political Parties
Election Reformers: Let History Guide You. Lessons of How Slavery Formed our Two Political Parties
For me, history, the study of it and the making of it, has been an essential part of life.Growing up in the underground of the poor black community, reading became my salvation, and reading ...
22 Feb, 2018
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From Old Glory to Old Gory: Massacres Need Independent Engagement
From Old Glory to Old Gory: Massacres Need Independent Engagement
Is there any more grotesque example of American “exceptionalism” than our longstanding failure to respond to recurring, murderous violence in our schools?Is the nation that led mankind to the moon and ...
21 Feb, 2018
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Two Teams, No Winners: Can Americans Let Go Of Partisanship?
Two Teams, No Winners: Can Americans Let Go Of Partisanship?
There are 10 seconds to go, and it’s not looking good.Seemingly untouchable in the first half, the Minnesota Vikings are now down by one point against the New Orleans Saints — and I’m getting ner ...
20 Feb, 2018
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Why America is Simply Ill-Equipped To Solve Gun Violence
Why America is Simply Ill-Equipped To Solve Gun Violence
Mark Duncan has already had a near death experience with a mass shooter.His daughter Faryn, a 20-year-old student at University of Nevada Las Vegas found herself in the crosshairs at a country music f ...
20 Feb, 2018
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Unrigging The System: Reformers, Civic Groups Take Action Following Historic Summit
Unrigging The System: Reformers, Civic Groups Take Action Following Historic Summit
The Unrig The System Summit in New Orleans was a historic event that brought together people from across the political spectrum who could all agree on at least one thing: Our political process is corr ...
17 Feb, 2018
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Black Voting Rights Leader: BOTH Parties Guilty of Voter Suppression
Black Voting Rights Leader: BOTH Parties Guilty of Voter Suppression
I am a physician and a black woman who grew up poor and came of age in the 1970’s. I‘ve spent 25 years practicing medicine, mainly in Harlem, and I care deeply about the state of our country, about th ...
16 Feb, 2018
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