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Historically, nurses have advocated for increased access to care.

Type "nurses + increase access to care" into Google and you will find a slew of whitepapers, journals, expert testimonials, professional association policies, etc. supporting the interests of diverse communities.

"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 Fred Pierce, SDSU Alumni Association's past president, and Jim Herrick, former assistant vice president of alumni at SDSU. Plus, Marston talks dentistry during COVID-19, affordable housing and more.

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The Alaskans for Better Elections “Yes on 2” campaign released a new poll Tuesday that shows overwhelming support among voters for its proposed amendment that would shine a light on dark money in politics, implement the nation’s first nonpartisan top-four primary, and add ranked choice voting to general elections.

This is an independent opinion in response to a commentary published on Sept. 16, titled “Agreement on Short-Term Rentals Will Boost San Diego’s Tourism Economy.” Have an opinion of your own? Email it to hoa@ivn.us‍

When Hana Muhammad’s family left war-torn Somalia for the U.S. more than 20 years ago, it was the International Rescue Committee that helped them resettle in San Diego where the nonprofit has an office in City Heights. The organization helped her mother find a job, save money and buy a car. 

California based IVN.us and Washington, D.C. based TheFulcrum.us are the nation’s leading nonpartisan news and information publications focused primarily on political reform and related public policy.

To launch IVN San Diego, we did something that might seem unusual: We surveyed San Diegans to find out what they thought about the news industry and how they’d like us to improve it.

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

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If the winner of the presidential election is not known on election night, it won't be an alarming surprise to most voters, a new poll shows.

Modern news consumption is frustrating. 

Newsrooms have been decimated. Media outlets continue to disappear. Opinion is pawned off as news. Polarized echo chambers may entertain certain factions, but they don’t serve to educate or inform. 

Are we entering End Days for news?

I took that question to Point Loma Nazarene University professor Dean Nelson. An institution unto himself, he’s knowledgeable, thoughtful and blunt about the journalism industry.

He doesn’t think the industry is broken beyond repair.

There was a line out the door in January when Savy and Tam Huynh opened Pho on the Go, a restaurant steps away from the Otay Mesa Port of Entry. With 17 million people crossing the border each year, 3.4 million on foot, the couple saw potential in the often-forgotten part of San Diego County.  

When supporters of a November property tax ballot measure talk about soaking the state’s faceless corporate giants and its wealthiest landlords, they are not talking about people like John Kevranian.