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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 ...
04 May, 2017
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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 ...
12 Apr, 2017
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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 ...
05 Apr, 2017
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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 ...
26 Jan, 2017
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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 ...
12 Nov, 2016
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Independent, Third Party Candidates: Vote Your Conscience; Stick With Us
Why stick with third party and independent candidates in November, if Clinton and Trump have a combined 80% of the electorate in all major polls? In an election season that is anything but usual, one ...
10 Oct, 2016
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Why Trump's 'Bowls Full of Skittles' Outright Disgusts Me
On my Chinese family's side, I'm a 4th generation American. On my English family's side, one of my distant great-grandfathers was the founder of Connecticut, Thomas Hooker.As someone with part of my f ...
21 Sep, 2016
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5 min read
Post-Citizens United, Is Foreign Money Pouring into Our Elections?
Federal law states that foreign governments, corporations, and individuals cannot spend money on elections in the United States. Yet following the Citizens United decision in 2010, some – in ...
26 Aug, 2016
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4 min read
50 Ways the Democratic and Republican Parties Are The Same
1. Both parties engage in and benefit from gerrymandering, the practice of redrawing district lines for partisan gain. In 2010, Republicans invested millions in statewide races to retake state legisla ...
03 Aug, 2016
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Jill Stein's Ballot Access Campaign Gets Major Boost from Bernie Defectors
Green Party signature coordinators across the country are reporting an influx of Bernie Sanders supporters to the Greens' campaign. How far the new momentum will take the party in the 2 ...
02 Aug, 2016
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4 min read