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Facing Defections from Working-Class Voters, Democrats Turn to Independents for Help

Democrats are taking stock. Some are arguing for a major overhaul in light of growing defections of working-class, Black, and Latino voters. Others want to stay the course. Some want to work with Trump when possible while others advocate for a program of permanent resistance.

By John Opdycke

February 25, 2025

Facing Defections from Working-Class Voters, Democrats Turn to Independents for Help

What The American Oligarchy Really Looks Like

Look up oligarch in a dictionary and you may find it defined as “someone who is extremely rich and powerful, especially a person from Russia who became rich after the end of the former Soviet Union.” Oligarchy is defined as “government by a small group of very powerful people.”

By Glenn Davis

February 25, 2025

What The American Oligarchy Really Looks Like

NATO, Ukraine, and the Cost of America's 4-Year Foreign Policy

Over the past two weeks, JD Vance blamed European Allies for stifling free speech in their countries, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth blamed them for not spending enough on defense, and President Trump blamed Ukraine for starting Russia's invasion of their country.

By Dan Sally

February 24, 2025

NATO, Ukraine, and the Cost of America's 4-Year Foreign Policy

15 Years After Citizens United, Seattle Can Show the Way Forward

January 21, 2025, marked the 15th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, a decision that opened the floodgates for unlimited corporate spending in elections. Since that ruling, super PACs and outside spending have skyrocketed, and the voices of everyday voters have been drowned o

By Cindy Black

February 20, 2025

15 Years After Citizens United, Seattle Can Show the Way Forward

Indivisible Stands Against Trump

“…indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” So reads the Pledge of Allegiance, originally written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy, a socialist minister. Indivisible is also the name of a

By Glenn Davis

February 19, 2025

Here We Go Again: Why the Threat of Government Shutdowns Always Looms

Before going home for Christmas, Congress passed a continuing resolution to fund the federal government through Friday, March 14, 2025. This was essentially a stop-gap measure to buy Congress more time to negotiate a full-year funding bill. Those discussions between leading House and Senate appropri

By Jason Pye

February 13, 2025

Here We Go Again: Why the Threat of Government Shutdowns Always Looms

The Death of Checks and Balances and The Rise of the Imperial Presidency

In his first three weeks back in office, President Trump has already floated taking control of Gaza, authorized Elon Musk to overhaul the Treasury with college interns, and signed more executive orders than most presidents do in a year. While critics argue he's trampling constitutional limits on pre

By Dan Sally

February 10, 2025

The Death of Checks and Balances and The Rise of the Imperial Presidency

Where Is the Hope?

From 2013 to 2016, I authored over 40 articles published by the Independent Voter Network (IVN). I wrote to overcome the partisan divisiveness which had paralyzed our federal government. I wrote about organizations, candidates, individuals and efforts that emphasized non-partisan solutions to the is

By Glenn Davis

February 10, 2025

'It's The Economy, Stupid': Poll Spotlights Biggest Area of Common Ground among Voters

Over the last week, The Independent Center released the second and third installments to its 2025 State of the Union Poll, one of which compared and contrasted the views of independent voters and Republicans and the other compared independents and Democrats.

By Shawn Griffiths

February 5, 2025

'It's The Economy, Stupid': Poll Spotlights Biggest Area of Common Ground among Voters

Advocates Push for Reform to Stop Partisan Manipulation of Ballot Measures

An Election Reformers Network (ERN) report covering a 13-year period has found that state lawmakers and elected officials are increasingly manipulating the ballot initiative process to block or impede citizen-led efforts.

By Cara Brown McCormick

February 4, 2025

Advocates Push for Reform to Stop Partisan Manipulation of Ballot Measures

Trump's Spending Freeze: Why Taming the Debt Is So Hard

Last week, the Trump Administration sparked confusion across government agencies with a memo freezing federal funding. The confusion deepened when they rescinded the memo 45 hours later.

By Dan Sally

February 3, 2025

Trump's Spending Freeze: Why Taming the Debt Is So Hard

Natural Disasters Reveal the Truth About Our Shared Humanity

Though we come from opposite coasts, we share a painful reality that many Americans know all too well: our communities have been devastated by disaster. One of us lives in California, where historic wildfires have ravaged coastal cities - destroying thousands of homes and businesses, displacing tens

By Malynda Hale

January 29, 2025

Natural Disasters Reveal the Truth About Our Shared Humanity