November 6, 2026
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SAN FRANCISCO Many national and local organizations, including the Answer Coalition, the Bay Area Latin American Solidarity Coalition, the International Action Center, Veterans for Peace, Codepink, World Can’t Wait and Workers World Party, came together in San Francisco on June 22 to demand “No new U.S.…
(The following was originally published The Boston Globe.)
A new super PAC aimed at boosting independent candidates may help venture capital investor Jeffrey S. McCormick, one of three non-party 2014 gubernatorial hopefuls.…
From Ballot Access News:
On June 26, the deadline, the New Mexico Green Party submitted a petition to restore its party status. New Mexico now has six ballot-qualified parties: Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, Constitution, Green, and Independent American.…
A coalition of 21 organizations from across the political spectrum today launched StandAgainstSpying.org, an interactive website that grades members of Congress on what they have done — or, often, not done — to rein in the NSA.…
Joshua Fauver, a frequent IPR contributor, is a Louisianan political activist who was formerly a member of the Constitution and Libertarian parties. He now describes himself as an unaffiliated democratic socialist.…
(The following was originally published in the Seattle Weekly News)
Earlier this morning reports came out that Seattle’s rent has risen $94 in only half a year.…
(The following was originally published in Commonwealth Magazine.)
THE THREE INDEPENDENT candidates running for governor said on Friday that their candidacies are an attempt to challenge the existing two-party structure and bring an outsider’s perspective to running state government. …
It’s going to be a knockdown dragout fight for Ohio’s 83rd District State Representative race. So far, there are at least four candidates, including two conservative Republicans, one Democratic lawyer, and one libertarian-Constitutionalist in the form of Gregg Norris – husband, father, citizen-candidate, and the nominee of the Libertarian Party.…