Newspaper Editorial: "New York Is A Model for Voter Suppression"

The news website, The Island Now, published an editorial recently that is worth reading. It challenges the way many people view voter suppression in the US.

The focus in most media outlets are perceived efforts in Republican state legislatures to suppress the votes of Democrats, as if the problem is just one-sided. But it isn't. Voter suppression, and the attempt to silence people who refuse to have a (D) or (R) next to their name is something both parties do.

San Diego: The "New" Capital of California?

It's rural v. urban. farmland v. concrete jungle. and, yes, red v. blue.

The latest headline grabbing effort to divvy up the Golden State comes from the founders of the state of New California. With the reading of their own version of the Declaration of Independence, the group announced they want to remain in the United States, just leave California.

Crowdfunding Health Care: It Treats The Symptom, Not The Problem

Need some money? Why not ask the internet? Crowdfunding, a concept that could not exist without now-popular platforms like GoFundMe, Kickstarter, and Indiegogo, has replaced traditional fundraising by allowing donors to contribute just by clicking a button.

In America’s free-market economy, it’s an innovative way for those with ideas to bring projects that might otherwise go unnoticed to market.

As Establishment Dems Attack Chelsea Manning, Will She Attract Maryland Independents?

It was probably only a matter of time before one of the very most politically relevant– and therefore most controversial – individuals of our day would run for a seat in Congress.

Chelsea Manning made history when in 2010, as a U.S. Army intelligence analyst in Iraq, she accessed 750,000 Department of Defense documents, and leaked them to journalists at the WikiLeaks organization.