This article was originally published in edited form in the May 2016 edition of USA Today Magazine.

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a billionaire 41 times over, decided that the system was stacked against him. He won’t run for president as an independent this year. This is a man who if you were asked to count his money at a rate of a $100 bill each second, it would take you over three and a half decades to finish.

With the public release of the Trump University playbooks, the class-action suit against Donald Trump's real estate seminars will test the old adage in sales, 'to get what you want, figure out how to help others get what they want.'

Los votantes en Estados Unidos están centrados en las elecciones presidenciales de 2016, mientras California se prepara para votar este 7 de junio. Al mismo tiempo, nuestros vecinos en la frontera sur se encuentran bajo su propio proceso electoral.

Los habitantes de dieciséis estados en México acudirán a las urnas este domingo 5 de junio, para elegir a su Gobernador, Presidente Municipal y otros legisladores locales.

What was once only widely suspected has now become a reality: Hillary Clinton's tech specialist Bryan Pagliano will almost certainly use his Fifth Amendment rights in one of the current email investigations. This instance is a FOIA case brought by conservative watchdog group, Judicial Watch.

Voters all around the country are focused on the 2016 presidential primary, while California is getting ready to vote on June 7. At the same time, our neighbors south of the border are also going through their own electoral process.

Voters of sixteen states in Mexico will head to the polls Sunday, June 5, to elect their governor, mayor, and other local legislators.

Public safety is an issue this election season, but the events of last Friday leave voters asking the question, public safety for whom? When city leaders talk about what they will do to protect the public, who are they talking about, who is being protected, and who is being patrolled?

San Diego, CA - Speaking before a crowd of about 500 supporters and local Democratic politicos at the Prado in Balboa Park, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton unleashed attack after attack on Donald Trump’s foreign policy rhetoric, calling the Republican presidential nominee “unfit to be commander-in-chief.”

In a recent interview with Brad Friedman, published on Salon, Green Party presidential candidate, Dr. Jill Stein criticizes both parties and their establishment primary rules.

The movement for reforming the drawing of legislative districts in Illinois marches toward its goal but continues to face political obstacles.

The Independent Map Amendment, the group behind the effort, seeks to take such power from politicians and return it to the people of the state. If successful, the voters of Illinois will have the opportunity to vote on the matter in November. Currently, the legislative districts are drawn in the General Assembly, which has Democratic veto-proof majorities.

San Diegans will head to the polls for the 2016 Primary on Tuesday, June 7. Voters will have the chance to vote on mayor, city attorney, and council members.

If you're an independent or "no party preference" voter interested in voting for president, you can request a Democratic ballot at the polls, while the Republican presidential primary is closed and does not allow independents.