As much of the country waits to see what will happen to the Affordable Care Act, two lawmakers in California decided to wage a preemptive strike by introducing SB 562 which would “establish a comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage program and a health care cost control system for the benefit of all residents of the state.”

In the pilot episode of IVN's newest podcast, A Civil Assessment, T.J. O'Hara takes a look at electoral reform around the country.

In the fall of 2014, Joe and his dog Charlie set out to chip away at the ever increasing barriers between liberals and conservatives, simply by starting a conversation. Joe had a hunch that we have more in common than we think. The problem is we don't engage in civil discussions with one another.

You wake up to a world divided into two realities. One reality where things are, and another reality where things aren't. In one reality, the influx of migrants and refugees into Sweden has led to a rise in crime. In the other reality, this rise in migrant crime never happened and the Swedish government and media dispute any claims otherwise. These disparate states of reality remain in perpetual conflict with each other and yet co-exist at the same time. This paradox could only exist here in the Twilight Zone.

In years of Obama's presidency, and in the first 2 weeks of Trump's, people have asked me how to convince others to disown their favored president.

On February 7, 2017, the second day of the biannual Nevada legislative session, State Senator James Settelmeyer (R-Minden) introduced Senate Bill (SB) 103. This bill, if passed and signed by the governor, would replace the state’s closed primary system with a non-partisan, blanket top-two primary. The bill is currently awaiting a hearing in the Senate Legislative Operations and Elections Committee. Whether it gets one is up to the committee chair.

#BoycottBudwiser. #DeleteUber. #BoycottNetflix. #BoycottStarbucks. #BOYCOTT.

These are just a few of the latest hashtag campaigns aimed at boycotting businesses in retaliation for uncouth political entanglements. The Twitter protests, all of which have formed in the last few months, stem from social media circles on the political left and right.

As “Hashtag Armies” on both sides of the political spectrum grow stronger, no one’s willing to stop and ask, is anything really being accomplished?

Updated on February 21, 2017.

In the wake of President Trump's executive order that broadened the scope of undocumented immigrants subject to arrest and deportation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), several media outlets have jumped on the human emotion side of the story, including what this means for many immigrants living in the United States.

President Donald Trump’s first weeks as president seem to be centered around one strategy: Prove to the American people that he’s a man of his word and that unlike most politicians, he will actually keep his campaign promises. Despite the rocky start, he has mostly been successful in this endeavor.

The two-state solution — the lifeblood of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process — suffered a serious setback in the recent meeting between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The two leaders met for the first time in person to discuss the future of one of the world’s most crucial relationships. Trump reaffirmed his staunch support of Israel by breaking with longstanding U.S.