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Obamacare: The Pinnacle of Two-Party Hypocrisy
Obamacare: The Pinnacle of Two-Party Hypocrisy
With a Trump presidency coupled with a GOP Congress on the near horizon, changes in health care reform are finally on the table. Other than those with preexisting conditions, many on the left hav ...
17 Jan, 2017
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DACA, Voter Rights Case, Marijuana Brought Up During Sessions Hearing
DACA, Voter Rights Case, Marijuana Brought Up During Sessions Hearing
The Senate Judiciary Committee held confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general candidate, Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), on January 10 and 11. Sessions is a long-time fixture i ...
12 Jan, 2017
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5 min read
Marijuana Policy Project: Trump Administration's Stance on Prohibition Enforcement 'Promising'
Marijuana Policy Project: Trump Administration's Stance on Prohibition Enforcement 'Promising'
The Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), the nation's largest marijuana policy organization, released a statement Tuesday, January 10, regarding U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions' remarks on prohibition enforceme ...
10 Jan, 2017
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2 min read
Chinese Scholars Speak Out on US-Chinese Relations Under Trump
Chinese Scholars Speak Out on US-Chinese Relations Under Trump
In recent years, Americans' perception of US foreign policy has shifted, with 51 percent of people indicating that Asian countries are more important to US relations abroad than Eu ...
10 Jan, 2017
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3 min read
Honest Voters Had a Clear Preference in 2016
Honest Voters Had a Clear Preference in 2016
Voters aren’t always honest. But what would it look like if they were? We found out.Here’s how we got respondents to be honest. We asked them to indicate on a 0-5 scale how much they would like each c ...
09 Jan, 2017
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4 min read
Partisanship Is Destroying the Supreme Court -- Literally
Partisanship Is Destroying the Supreme Court -- Literally
In the wake of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer vowing to fight Trump "tooth and nail" on confirmation hearings, Vice President Joe Biden is imploring a different approach: Do your constitutional ...
06 Jan, 2017
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3 min read
Ranked Choice Voting: An Easy Solution to Fix Our Broken Elections
Ranked Choice Voting: An Easy Solution to Fix Our Broken Elections
This piece, written by Rob Richie, originally appeared in Cato Unbound as the lead essay in a series on ranked choice voting in December of 2016.American democracy today is working more poorly than it ...
04 Jan, 2017
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7 min read
The GOP's New Year's Resolutions
The GOP's New Year's Resolutions
Despite the GOP's initial distaste towards now President Elect Trump (see: Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney), party members seem to have come around to the idea of a Trump presidency and a ...
31 Dec, 2016
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4 min read
Top IVN Articles of 2016
Top IVN Articles of 2016
It’s been said before, what a year! We’ve followed the presidential election, electoral reform, and everything in between.Below, we've compiled the top articles on IVN from this past year - ...
27 Dec, 2016
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5 min read
Libertarian Party Robbed of Party Status
Libertarian Party Robbed of Party Status
Out of all the winners of the 2016 elections, the biggest might have been the Libertarian Party (LP). While Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson did not reach the coveted 5% in national pol ...
27 Dec, 2016
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3 min read