The 2016 elections helped to illustrate the ways in which voters are penalized by our voting rules. Voters of all stripes are deprived of a range of real choices at the ballot. Unrepresentative winners in elections at all levels of government -- by candidates of all parties -- serve to further divide communities and make governing more difficult. Ranked choice voting gives you the freedom to vote for the candidate you like the best without worrying you'll help to elect the candidate you like the least.

April 1995 put radicalized right-wing terrorism firmly in the minds of Americans and law enforcement, when Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols destroyed the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. At the time, this was the single largest act of terrorism ever committed on American soil.

Politico reported Monday that Art Sisneros, a Texas Republican elector, has chosen to resign his position instead of voting for Donald Trump. Sisneros signed a pledge with the Republican Party of Texas to vote for the nominee, but says he regrets that decision and calls the pledge "illegal" and "immoral."

What do Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick have in common? They are the latest in a growing line of political and sports figures to praise the life and legacy of Cuban Dictator Fidel Castro.

Huh?

Let’s be very clear here. The record is crystal clear. Fidel Castro was a revolutionary leader who came to power using violence and intimidation to brutalize the Cuban people for decades.

The court ruling to end extreme political gerrymandering in Wisconsin may have reverberations in neighboring Illinois.

As IVN previously reported, the Wisconsin Republican Party was free to draw districts which ensured the GOP would retain a majority of legislative seats. A 2-1 federal court decision overturned the precedent that it is permissible to dilute the power of voters based on political party.

A romanticized view of a past that never happened the way we thought is one of the greatest disservices to a functioning modern republic.

It gives us the impression that everything the demi-gods of the past did was right, and everything our modern leaders do is open to the highest scrutiny.

Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein has successfully petitioned for a vote recount in Wisconsin, and is expected to push further challenges in Michigan and Pennsylvania. Stein has raised over $4 million on GoFundMe to pay for the recounts, and is now aiming for $7 million to pay for filing and recount expenses and lawyer fees.

Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? -- The Gospels

My middle-school aged daughter serves on the Student Council, with one of the largest projects so far this year being a food drive for the needy.

Thousands of cans of food were donated, along with almost a full pallet of ramen noodles and mac-n-cheese.

The world is aging. Not just because Earth continues to orbit the sun, but also because many countries are facing a changing demographic in which older generations make up a larger percentage of the population.

With Trump’s fresh policy announcements, the mainstream media continues to speculate, and create click-bait for the masses who are eager to read all about the latest decisions from the president-elect.

Wishful thinkers argue he’s reaching out by “softening rhetoric” on building a wall, the alt-right reports he’s betraying his supporters for the same thing. The media analyzes every new policy position as sort some of Machiavellian grand scheme to either shore up the base, or push forward a populist agenda.