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Turning Tides at the New Orleans Summit
Sitting in the audience at the Unrig the System Summit in New Orleans two weeks ago, I couldn’t help but feel that a tide was turning. Speaker after speaker at this high energy and well...
Beyond The Memo: Can We Trust The FISA Court?
Friday, the White House released a controversial memo meant to provide some context to the whole Trump/Russia investigation.The Nunes memo is four pages long, and it explains many of what seem to be v...
George Washington: THE Independent OG (Original Gangsta) of US History
In this new series, Independent OGs, writers at IVN News will chronicle the lives and exploits of independents throughout history – or as we are calling them: Independent O.G.s (short for Original Gan...
IVN Gets Ready to Unrig the System
An unprecedented gathering of the brightest minds from the right and left with one common purpose: fix American politics. Leaders in advocacy, policy, politics, legal, movement-building, and popular c...
The Debt Crisis: The ONLY Issue That Matters in 2018
Note: the author is an independent candidate for Ohio’s 12th Congressional District.Whatever my stance is on any other issue won't matter if we don't take care of this one: the national debt. I have a...
Newspaper Editorial: "New York Is A Model for Voter Suppression"
The news website, The Island Now, published an editorial recently that is worth reading. It challenges the way many people view voter suppression in the US.The focus in most media outlets are perceive...
Reality Check: Veterans Have Lost Faith in A Failing VA System
The newspaper headline caught my eye. For 15 years, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (the VA) illegally hired physicians and surgeons with revoked licenses and malpractice convictions.As an org...
Rand Paul: "The Problem Isn't Marijuana; The Problem is Prescription Opioids"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrqkEYXTWg0&t=4m23sSource: Rand Paul's YouTube ChannelUS Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) discussed a number of issues when he appeared on Laura Ingraham's radio show ...
Co-Chair of 2017 Women's March Accused of Sexual Assault Cover Up
It's a development so surreal that you could easily mistake it for a satirical Onion headline as a commentary on how shockingly rampant the allegations of sexual abuse have been this year in the highe...
Holiday Break: The Best of College Football This Week
THE GAME OF THE DAY SATURDAY WAS OHIO STATE/WISCONSIN, and the Badgers losing, 27-21, seems fitting, since it adds to the already chaotic state of a chaotic season.Who’s in?Who out?Who’s up?Who’s...