Independent voters are the fastest growing voting bloc in the U.S. The number of people who self-identify as neither Republican nor Democrat has been on a steady
Roe v. Wade decision, the Republican-controlled 114th Congress has introduced several pro-life bills that have some calling this the most pro-life Congress in history. One particular bill, however, has led one GOP congresswoman to try to delay a vote.
We are all familiar with the rough outlines of the narrative: Followers of Islam commit terrorist acts in numbers far out of proportion to their representation in the human family. They blow stuff up, behead Christians, and kill cartoonists all because their holy book, the Qur'an, instructs them to convert or kill all unbelievers. As Fox News commentator Brian Kilmeade put it recently, "not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims."
On Thursday, January 15, oral arguments were made before the California State Appeals Court in San Francisco in the case
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.
On Thursday, Arizona became the first state in the U.S. to pass a law requiring high school students to
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.
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.
John Locke’s account of justice, featuring equality and liberty, is surely the philosophical work with the greatest influence on Modern culture. The triumph of parliamentarianism in England, the “truths” held to be “self-evident” in the Declaration of Independence, and the “
Liberté” and “Egalité” of the French Revolution attest to it.