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Gamechangers: USC, ASU, Independent Voting Partner to Challenge Two-Party Academia
Gamechangers: USC, ASU, Independent Voting Partner to Challenge Two-Party Academia
Arguably, academia is as guilty as the media, the politicians, and the two major parties themselves, of promoting partisanship.This is, in large part, because political scientists analyze elections as ...
04 Oct, 2017
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6 min read
Why People Hate Politicians (And Why We Can’t Have Nice Things)
Why People Hate Politicians (And Why We Can’t Have Nice Things)
The statement "all politicians are corrupt" has as much truth to it as "all Muslims are terrorists" and "all Christians are ignorant bigots."But here’s the trap in American politics: there’s one polit ...
04 Oct, 2017
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5 min read
Amicus Brief to Judge: Open Debates Matter
Amicus Brief to Judge: Open Debates Matter
The bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debate’s (CPD) 15 percent rule exacerbates the political divide in the US, leaves millions of voters unrepresented in presidential elections, and undermines f ...
22 Sep, 2017
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4 min read
Howard Dean: Both Parties Driving Younger Voters to Be Independents
Howard Dean: Both Parties Driving Younger Voters to Be Independents
Dr. Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont, and a leading contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004, recently had some sobering words for the two major political parties in the ...
20 Sep, 2017
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3 min read
District Court: Overtime Rule Invalid; End of Obama-Era Rule?
District Court: Overtime Rule Invalid; End of Obama-Era Rule?
The Department of Labor’s May 2016 Final Rule, which would have more than doubled the minimum salary necessary to satisfy the “executive, administrative or professional” (the “EAP” or “white collar”) ...
05 Sep, 2017
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5 min read
FEMA Fumbles: Texas is Opportunity To Hold Agency Accountable
FEMA Fumbles: Texas is Opportunity To Hold Agency Accountable
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtOOzO6OmOUAnyone who hasn't seen enough evidence that partisanship is toxic to American society need look no further than the way partisan politicians, media, and vote ...
30 Aug, 2017
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4 min read
Morning Report: August 12, 2017
Morning Report: August 12, 2017
5 Key Ways to Bridge the Hyper-Partisan Divide on InfrastructureCentrist Project co-founder and author of the Centrist Manifesto, Charles Wheelan, identified 5 key ways lawmakers can put partisan ...
12 Aug, 2017
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2 min read
FIRE Republicans Aim to Save the Republican Party
FIRE Republicans Aim to Save the Republican Party
The Republican Party needs to be saved, according to a handful of budding politicians in New Jersey, who label themselves FIRE Republicans. They aim to pull the party away from entrenched candidates a ...
11 Aug, 2017
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4 min read
Third Party Candidates Fight Against the "Mafia State's" Duopoly
Third Party Candidates Fight Against the "Mafia State's" Duopoly
New Jersey's 2017 gubernatorial race is a battleground for independent and third party candidates who feel the election system is rigged against them, and toward Republicans and Democrats.Greens, ...
08 Aug, 2017
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6 min read
Stein: "This Is A Breakthrough Moment for Greens Everywhere"
Stein: "This Is A Breakthrough Moment for Greens Everywhere"
Greens will have a chance to win the New Jersey governorship in November. Ohio will have the same opportunity to vote in a Green governor in 2018.After a high profile 2016 presidential campaign, runni ...
28 Jul, 2017
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3 min read