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April 15, 1947: The Day That Changed America
April 15, 1947: The Day That Changed America
Seventy years ago today, April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers.Jackie Robinson was a baseball player and four-sports star at UCLA – football, basketb ...
15 Apr, 2017
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4 min read
Nonpartisan Election Reform Introduced In Another Battleground State
Nonpartisan Election Reform Introduced In Another Battleground State
North Carolina may be jumping on the “Top-Two” train. A house bill introduced this week, H.B. 737, would reform the current partisan open primary system to a nonpartisan, top-two primary sim ...
13 Apr, 2017
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1 min read
John Oliver Misses Prime Opportunity to Discuss Better Solution to Gerrymandering
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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5 min read
Anti-Corruption Group Wants to Help Trump Drain the Swamp
Anti-Corruption Group Wants to Help Trump Drain the Swamp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t67ezWp7Zao&feature=youtu.bePresident Trump has actively utilized executive orders to bypass the unpredictability of Congress. Now, Represent.us has authored a ...
11 Apr, 2017
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2 min read
Alaska Becomes Battleground for Open Primaries with HB200
Alaska Becomes Battleground for Open Primaries with HB200
State Representative Gabrielle LeDoux (R-Anchorage) is the latest legislator to introduce legislation that would open state elections to all voters. Rep. LeDoux’s HB200 would establish a top-two style ...
10 Apr, 2017
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2 min read
Bernie Offers Perfect Advice to Democrats, But Will They Listen?
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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5 min read
Ron Paul, Donald Trump, and Tulsi Gabbard Share One Thing in Common
Ron Paul, Donald Trump, and Tulsi Gabbard Share One Thing in Common
In his weekly column on the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity's website, Dr. Ron Paul praised recent comments from Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and the White House that regime change in ...
04 Apr, 2017
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2 min read
Debate Commission's 15% Rule Is Older Than You Think
Debate Commission's 15% Rule Is Older Than You Think
Readers who have been following IVN's ongoing coverage of the debate commission and the lawsuits brought against it are acquainted with the Commission on Presidential Debate's criterium that requ ...
28 Mar, 2017
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2 min read
Joe Piscopo, Considering Independent Run for N.J. Governor, Calls Russia Collusion Story "Comical"
Joe Piscopo, Considering Independent Run for N.J. Governor, Calls Russia Collusion Story "Comical"
The people at Mediaite interviewed comedian and talk show host Joe Piscopo about all the news coverage on Russia and Russia's alleged ties to the Trump administration. Piscopo, who is reportedly ...
24 Mar, 2017
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2 min read
Trump Administration's Student Loan Policy Has Dire Implications
Trump Administration's Student Loan Policy Has Dire Implications
Student loan default rates are a major problem for many students. In fact, according to a recent analysis from the Consumer Federation of America (CFA), millions of Americans have fallen behind on the ...
23 Mar, 2017
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3 min read