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Our Republic Is Sick, And It Needs More Than a Red or Blue Pill to Save It
Political advisor and author Mark McKinnon says that “A messy participatory process is representative democracy at its best.” We understand what he’s getting at.The contest of ideas and the formation ...
Trump Tries To Combat The Deep State With Military Structure
It’s no secret that the White House has had their share of problems when it comes to intelligence leaks in the first 200 days of the Trump administration. While some say that the so-called “deep ...
Morning Report: August 11, 2017
Statistics are pointing to a another steep rise in opioid deaths within the next 10 years. To illustrate the point of just how critical the crisis has become, in the state of Massachusetts, 90% of all...
David Walker: The Critical Cures for America’s Fiscal Crisis
IVN podcast host T.J. O’Hara is joined by David Walker. Walker served as the seventh U.S. Comptroller General for the Clinton and Bush administrations, as well as the head of the U.S. Govern...
White House, States Fight over Your Personal Voter Data
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who serves as vice-chair of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Election Integrity, sent a letter to every secretary of state in the US this week asking them ...
Congress Effectively Legalizes Medical Marijuana at the Federal Level
Last week, Congress avoided a government shutdown by agreeing to a continuing resolution to keep the federal government funded for another week.Then over the weekend, US lawmakers agreed to a deal tha...
John Oliver Misses Prime Opportunity to Discuss Better Solution to Gerrymandering
On HBO’s “Last Week Tonight,” John Oliver tackled an issue that many consider the most pressing threat to our democracy: gerrymandering. As he often does, Oliver explained the intricacies of this comp...
Bernie Offers Perfect Advice to Democrats, But Will They Listen?
Five years ago, outside of the public eye, a conflict flared inside the inner circle of Democratic Party power.Simply put, it was this: should the Obama re-election campaign find a way to make an expl...
9 States Introduce Ranked Choice Voting in January
As the new year gets underway, state legislatures around the country are convening to tackle the issues of the day. In at least nine states, electoral reform is on the agenda. Building on the momentum...
The 2016 Election's Biggest Winner: Gary Johnson and The Libertarian Party?
You may be asking how the Libertarian Party could have won the 2016 election with no seats in Congress and with its presidential candidate finishing in a very, very distant third place behind the Demo...