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3 News Stories With More Impact Than Texts Between Lovers
Read about what really matters from the news last week. We provide you the least-biased news about current events so you can go about your day informed, not brainwashed.What to avoid: The texts were ...
29 Jan, 2018
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Penn. Court: Partisan Maps "Clearly, Plainly, Palpably" Violate State Constitution
In an order issued on Monday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that the district lines “clearly, plainly and palpably” violate the state Constitution and gave the Republican legislature until Febr ...
23 Jan, 2018
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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 ...
18 Jan, 2018
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2 min read
3 Important News Stories Drowned Out by Partisan Noise
Read about what really matters from the news last week. We provide you the least-biased news about current events so you can go about your day informed, not brainwashed.What to avoid: The media ...
15 Jan, 2018
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2 min read
NC Gerrymandering Decision Reignites Demand for Independent Redistricting Reform
News broke Tuesday that a panel of federal judges struck down North Carolina's congressional map, ruling that it constituted an illegal gerrymander. But unlike gerrymandering rulings in the past, the ...
10 Jan, 2018
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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 ...
09 Jan, 2018
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NEW POLL: 5 Years In, CA Voters Still Love Nonpartisan Primaries
Five years after adopting top-two, nonpartisan open primaries, California has seen its legislature transform from a state of dysfunction into a successful model for reform. Now, a new survey reveals t ...
15 Dec, 2017
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In Big Win for Federalism, "Magic" Mushrooms Up Next for CA Ballot?
Supporters of a 2018 ballot initiative to legalize psychedelic mushrooms in California were given the green light by the state attorney general's office earlier this month to circulate petitions and g ...
29 Nov, 2017
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Here's How to Defeat the 4 Biggest Threats to Democracy
During a time of deep political dysfunction in the United States, it is easy to assume that American democracy has gone off the rails, perhaps for good. But if Americans can look past the slow-motion ...
13 Nov, 2017
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Dems Upset in North Carolina: GOP Eliminates Judicial Primaries
Earlier this month, we reported on the uncertain fate of a ballot access reform bill in North Carolina. That bill has now passed, liberalizing ballot access laws in North Carolina, but also carry ...
18 Oct, 2017
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