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The 10 Most Important Better Elections Proposals to be Decided This Election

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.

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Early Voting Trends Show Dems Falling Short in 3 out of 4 Battleground States

Editor's Note: This opinion piece originally appeared in The Hill, and has been republished on IVN with permission from the author.

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Closing the Distance: What Distance Learning Really Looks Like

The challenges presented to schools by the pandemic, particularly those serving students and families living in historically under-resourced communities, aren’t new -- these problems have long existed. But, the pandemic has exacerbated them, and it’s time we address these long-term challenges by how we are adapting in the short-term due to COVID-19.

This Latina Equal Pay Day, You Can Do Something About It

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It's Time to Close the Digital Divide Because Having Internet Access is a Human Right

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“Until we get equality in education, we won’t have an equal society” Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Explaining San Diego's Measure E, Complicated California Propositions

"The Extra Point with Jeff Marston" is aired weekly on Mightier 1090am from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday. In this episode, Marston talks to John McNab and Dike Anyiwo, who both have different views on Measure E. Plus, we hear from Lori Thiel, the president of the League of Women Voters in San Diego, who explains California's complicated propositions.

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OPINION: Forget Court Packing; We Need to Talk About Limiting Judicial Review

Judicial review does not appear in the Constitution. As former Justice Antonin Scalia admitted, “The Constitution of the United States nowhere says that the Supreme Court shall be the last word on what the Constitution means…"

OPINION: Forget Court Packing; We Need to Talk About Limiting Judicial Review

Joe Biden, if he wins the presidency, has promised to create a bipartisan commission to recommend changes to the “out of whack” American court system. The commission’s prime focus will almost certainly be the Supreme Court, which to Democrats is about as out of whack as it can get.

Conversation with Dr. Rodney Hood From the San Diego COVID-19 Equity Task Force

The San Diego COVID-19 Equity Task Force is an innovative, volunteer community-based coalition of stakeholders organized to discuss, advocate and help implement policies and strategies to address the disproportionate negative impact the new coronavirus disease is inflicting on the diverse and vulnerable populations in the San Diego community. Local physicians, Dr. Rodney Hood, Dr. Robert Gillespie and Dr. Suzanne Afflalo are the founding members of this collaborative.

What’s Even Scarier Than SeaWorld’s Spooktacular? A San Diego Without the Marine Park

Her son’s third birthday party and his preschool field trip, those are the SeaWorld memories Anna M. holds dear. As a season passholder, she gushed about how fortunate children in San Diego are to get exposure to animals up close between the Zoo and SeaWorld.

“They aren’t just reading about them in a book or watching them on TV. My son has seen a real-life manatee. I didn’t know what a manatee was at his age!” said Anna, who preferred not to disclose her full name to protect her privacy.