Rubin v. Bowen. Third parties continue to challenge the nonpartisan, top-two open primary in the state, claiming that the system violates the association rights of political parties and disenfranchises third-party voters in the general election.

pass a civics exam before graduating. Lawmakers who support the bill say students don't know enough about basic government, but would requiring such a test actually have the desired effect of producing better citizens?

In a previous article on IVN, I explain what the American Reformation of 2016 is and how it would transform the U.S. government to better serve the people. Below are all the issues it would address for constitutional reformation.

Rasmussen survey published on Thursday, many Americans don't think so, nor do they think Americans believe most Muslims are a threat.

first U.S.presidential candidate to use a campaign website. By 1996, almost every presidential candidate had one. Less than 20 years later, the Internet and how candidates and causes use it has become the single most important tool for any campaign.

Liberté” and “Egalité” of the French Revolution attest to it.

military strategy and China's policy of expanding its sphere of influence were reported on IVN, including increased expansion into Africa, 

When U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) announced on January 8 that she will not seek re-election, she caught California Democrats off-guard and set off 72 hours of discussion, scrambling, and high-stakes decision making among potential candidates and their advisers on whether to seek the state's first open Senate seat in two decades.

Keystone XL pipeline and the other over immigration. On Wednesday, January 14, the U.S. House approved a bill to fund the U.S.

The task of prior generations, stretching back a long ways, has been to establish and to grow democracy in the political process, both quantitatively and qualitatively. Could it be that the task for now and the future is to apply that principle to the economy? It can be done.