Updates

It is not simply a matter of big money in politics. There is big money in all of American life. The more pervasive problem is that we now have self-interested political institutions — the parties — that are considered “too big to fail.” Are we supposed to protect them and their refusal to share power with the people at all costs?

Testimony to the Democratic National Committee
June 17, 2016

We will never break the partisan gridlock in Congress, until and unless every voter has a meaningful vote in the presidential election process

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It’s Time to Expand Voting Rights
May 9, 2016

This presidential primary season has exposed serious fault lines in our election system. One has been known for years. The voting rights of African Americans and Latinos continue to be compromised.

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Democracy? So Why Can’t We Vote for Bernie Sanders?
April 28, 2016

We want to vote for Senator Bernie Sanders in the presidential primary taking place in New York on April 19, 2016. But we cannot.

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This is Why It’s Important to Become an Independent
April 7, 2016

Despite the well-oiled argument that independent voters are merely Democrats and Republicans in sheep’s clothing, independents are becoming more organized outside the confines of partisan politics...

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