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The Challenge To “Winner-Take-All” Launched
Beginning today, in four states across the country, lawsuits will be filed to challenge the way presidential electors are selected in America. The plaintiffs in these suits charge that the “winner-tak ...
23 Feb, 2018
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9 min read
Election Reformers: Let History Guide You. Lessons of How Slavery Formed our Two Political Parties
For me, history, the study of it and the making of it, has been an essential part of life.Growing up in the underground of the poor black community, reading became my salvation, and reading ...
22 Feb, 2018
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6 min read
US Political Parties are Gnarly Coalitions-This Means They Can be Rebuilt
"Well of course I'd love to have more [Republicans/Democrats] join our side, but they're all crazy."In my experience, most people believe that they can pin down most of what somebody thinks based on w ...
21 Feb, 2018
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5 min read
Two Teams, No Winners: Can Americans Let Go Of Partisanship?
There are 10 seconds to go, and it’s not looking good.Seemingly untouchable in the first half, the Minnesota Vikings are now down by one point against the New Orleans Saints — and I’m getting ner ...
20 Feb, 2018
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12 min read
Fmr. Rep. Zach Wamp: Here Comes the "Bloodless, Political Revolution"
Former Republican Rep. Zach Wamp of Tennessee isn't one to back down from a political fight and will tell you exactly how he feels about the state of our national politics.From calling Baby Boome ...
19 Feb, 2018
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2 min read
There's No Such Thing As A "Mass Shooting Generation"
The people who are calling for Congress to pass legislation to ban a certain model of rifle are just feeding this tragedy to the corrupt political system. And that's not the right thing to do with thi ...
19 Feb, 2018
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3 min read
Unrigging The System: Reformers, Civic Groups Take Action Following Historic Summit
The Unrig The System Summit in New Orleans was a historic event that brought together people from across the political spectrum who could all agree on at least one thing: Our political process is corr ...
17 Feb, 2018
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10 min read
Black Voting Rights Leader: BOTH Parties Guilty of Voter Suppression
I am a physician and a black woman who grew up poor and came of age in the 1970’s. I‘ve spent 25 years practicing medicine, mainly in Harlem, and I care deeply about the state of our country, about th ...
16 Feb, 2018
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3 min read
Washington Isn’t Broken...It’s Fixed!
Welcome to The Pickle podcast. My ambitions are high. I want to interview political, reform, independent, business, creative, nonprofit, entrepreneurial, and cultural movers and shakers about the pick ...
16 Feb, 2018
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1 min read
We Won’t Solve Our Gun-Safety Crisis Until We Restore Power to the Powerless
This is a reflective piece more than a data-driven piece. I’m venturing, foolishly perhaps, into a topic that hasn’t traditionally been “one of my issues.”Of course, it’s everybody’s issue to some deg ...
16 Feb, 2018
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5 min read