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Prison Politics: Felons Could Be California's New Voting Bloc
Prison Politics: Felons Could Be California's New Voting Bloc
There's a new initiative circulating for petition signatures that would allow incarcerated felons to vote."The Voting Restoration and Democracy Act of 2018," pushed by Taina Vargas-Edmond among others ...
01 Nov, 2017
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Constitutional Convention Offers Best Chance for Election Reform in New York
Constitutional Convention Offers Best Chance for Election Reform in New York
With Election Day just a week away, New Yorkers are getting bombarded with millions of dollars worth of negative messaging about the constitutional convention. While I used my previous column to detai ...
31 Oct, 2017
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Political Party Control is Protected By Courts, Funded By Your Taxes
Political Party Control is Protected By Courts, Funded By Your Taxes
One of the most interesting and important legal fights going on right now centers around the scope of the First Amendment rights of political parties. In a variety of contexts, the parties have assert ...
31 Oct, 2017
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Obamacare Premiums Set To Skyrocket After Judge's Ruling
Obamacare Premiums Set To Skyrocket After Judge's Ruling
Eighteen attorneys general were anticipating this day in court. The day they believed a judge would strike down the Trump administration's order denying payment of Obamacare subsidies.The payments fro ...
27 Oct, 2017
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2 min read
Pentagon: Ground Zero for Military Sexual Assault Scandal
Pentagon: Ground Zero for Military Sexual Assault Scandal
Since the military sexual trauma scandal came to light in 2013, there have been more than 500 cases of senior military officials being disciplined for misconduct, according to an investigation by USA ...
27 Oct, 2017
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5 min read
5 Early Successes of California's Nonpartisan Open Primary
5 Early Successes of California's Nonpartisan Open Primary
Americans everywhere are fed up with the state of politics. At the federal level, political paralysis and polarization prevent Congress from solving pressing issues every day.  At the state level ...
26 Oct, 2017
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California: Bernie's Golden Ticket to Single-Payer Reform?
California: Bernie's Golden Ticket to Single-Payer Reform?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YuReziwss0Sen. Bernie Sanders is currently fighting to transition the US to a single-payer health care system – a system whereby the government provides one plan for i ...
26 Oct, 2017
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Lt. Gov. Newsom Pushes Single-Payer in First Gov. Debate
Lt. Gov. Newsom Pushes Single-Payer in First Gov. Debate
The first official debate between the top four Democrats running for California governor took place in Anaheim over the weekend.The event was hosted by the National Union of Healthcare Worke ...
24 Oct, 2017
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One Congressman Pushes Bill To Eliminate Party Primaries
One Congressman Pushes Bill To Eliminate Party Primaries
Washington is a mess. Our politics doesn’t work. Politicians are pointing at the voters as the problem -- that somehow we’ve become less civil, more polarized and less able to come together across par ...
24 Oct, 2017
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Update: Make it Fair Initiative Signature Gathering Underway
Update: Make it Fair Initiative Signature Gathering Underway
UPDATE: We first wrote about the Make It Fair initiative back in October. It's the effort to repeal a business portion of Prop. 13. Now, Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced the signature gatheri ...
19 Oct, 2017
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