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Unrig the System: "The Viability of the American Experiment is At Stake"
Unrig the System: "The Viability of the American Experiment is At Stake"
"If we don't band together to unrig the system, there will not be a country passed to our grandchildren and great-grandchildren..." - Josh Silver, Director of RepresentUsThe largest gathering of nonpa ...
27 Feb, 2019
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Remembering Pat Caddell: Independently Brilliant
Remembering Pat Caddell: Independently Brilliant
The following piece was co-written by Independent Voting President Jacqueline Salit and Independent Voter Project Attorney Chad Peace, in remembrance of the late Patrick Cadell. Caddell was a broadly- ...
26 Feb, 2019
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6 min read
Debunking the “Spoiler Myth”: Lessons from a Competitive Kansas Independent to Howard Schultz
Debunking the “Spoiler Myth”: Lessons from a Competitive Kansas Independent to Howard Schultz
Since Howard Schultz announced that he was considering running for president as an independent, there has been much speculation about how his potential entry might affect the race in 2020. Specificall ...
25 Feb, 2019
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6 min read
Debunking the "Spoiler Myth": Lessons from a Competitive Kansas Independent to Howard Schultz
Debunking the "Spoiler Myth": Lessons from a Competitive Kansas Independent to Howard Schultz
Since Howard Schultz announced that he was considering running for president as an independent, there has been much speculation about how his potential entry might affect the race in 2020. Specificall ...
25 Feb, 2019
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6 min read
American History Is Black History: Overcoming The Politics of Division
American History Is Black History: Overcoming The Politics of Division
“The establishment of democracy on the American continent was scarcely as radical a break with the (European) past as was the necessity, which Americans faced, of broadening the concept to include bla ...
22 Feb, 2019
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Mayoral Candidate Cory Briggs Wants Immediate Halt to Phony YIMBY Proposals To Relax Rules on High-Density Development
Mayoral Candidate Cory Briggs Wants Immediate Halt to Phony YIMBY Proposals To Relax Rules on High-Density Development
It’s like déjà vu all over again: City Hall insiders asking politicians to leap before they look.This time it’s proposals backed by the YIMBY (“yes in my back yard”) movement to lift height limits and ...
22 Feb, 2019
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Opinion: The Case for a Real National Emergency
Opinion: The Case for a Real National Emergency
When President Donald Trump declared a national state of emergency to advance construction of a wall on the United States’ southern border, debate sparked over whether such use of broad executive powe ...
21 Feb, 2019
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4 min read
4 Ways The Party Could Still Screw Bernie Sanders
4 Ways The Party Could Still Screw Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders has officially announced his intentions to run in 2020 for the presidential nomination.Sanders enters the race with a number of advantages. As I previously reported, his donor file is e ...
19 Feb, 2019
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7 min read
REPORTS: Bernie Sanders Records Video Announcing 2020 Bid
REPORTS: Bernie Sanders Records Video Announcing 2020 Bid
According to multiple reports, Bernie Sanders has recorded his 2020 announcement, all but confirming broad speculation that he is going to make another attempt at the presidency."Bernie Sanders, inchi ...
17 Feb, 2019
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A Common Sense Approach to Healing America's Political Divide
A Common Sense Approach to Healing America's Political Divide
The state of our Union is both hopeful and broken, strong and fragile. By our very nature, Americans lean toward optimism. Our pioneering history drives us toward problem solving; our go-to strategies ...
15 Feb, 2019
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6 min read