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The biggest primary day of 2018 has come and gone. The November ballot is now set in California and 7 other states.As I looked at the coverage from the week, I noticed an article from Slate writer&nbs ...

In the op-ed,"The Voting Shell Game," which appeared in The Star Ledger and The Times of Trenton in February, Yael Niv highlights how a handful of unelected power brokers run our state, through allian ...

Contrary to popular belief, the United States Supreme Court did not legalize sports betting in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association. It merely ruled that the decision of whether to autho ...

Welcome to our weekly post, Independent Action, where we let you know the important moves independent candidates and organizations made over the past week.Nathan Altman, a 30-year old “scrappy en ...

Welcome to our weekly post, Independent Action, where we let you know the important moves Independent candidates and organizations made over the past week.Governor Bill Walker of Alaska passed HB ...

With all the hubub this week at our nation's capitol over the impact Facebook may have had on the 2008, 2012 and 2016 elections, California lawmakers have issued an internet/social media bill, SB-1424 ...

As we get older, and hopefully wiser, we generally start to become more discerning on how we view the world and the problems we face. Many of us who seek to make the world a better place try to look a ...

Gun control advocates have made it clear in the aftermath of the Parkland shooting that they think reflexively supporting the NRA position on gun safety blocks potential solutions for curtailing mass ...

The nation had its first primary elections of 2018 on Tuesday in Texas. Much of the media’s focus has been on whether a “blue wave” will sweep the nation. Meanwhile, Republicans assert that Texas stil ...

Vermont is the first state to legalize adults’ possession and limited cultivation of marijuana legislativelyMarijuana will be legal in nine states and the nation’s capital when Vermont law takes effec ...