Calling All Writers!
Want to have your say? Then say it in Represent San Diego’s blog! Pitch us your blog post idea or submit a completed blog post… Read More »Calling All Writers!
How Corporate Money Hurts Our Democracy
Every major issue America faces today—from climate change and healthcare to income inequality and student loan debt—can be traced at least in part to government… Read More »How Corporate Money Hurts Our Democracy
How Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) Fights Corruption
Note: See Ranked Choice Voting for an explanation of how Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) works. The conditions that allow human greed to corrupt institutions such… Read More »How Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) Fights Corruption
Does Big Tech Have Too Much Power Over Social Media Speech?
January 6, 2021 was—to borrow a line from a famous speech by former president Franklin Roosevelt—a day which will live in infamy. Two days later,… Read More »Does Big Tech Have Too Much Power Over Social Media Speech?
For The People Act – How It Could Change Democracy
H.R. 1, The “For The PEOPLE Act”, is an election reform bill recently introduced in Congress that could make sweeping reforms for the better, but just what would it do anyway?
Web-Based Campaign Transparency Tool Announced
Determining who’s footing the bill for political campaigns and, consequently, who our elected officials are really serving, has long been a challenge for voters in… Read More »Web-Based Campaign Transparency Tool Announced
Volunteer Spotlight: Ed Chaplin
VOLUNTEERS OF REPRESENT SAN DIEGO:first in an occasional series Medicine and politics may seem unlikely bedfellows, but to Ed Chaplin there’s a connection. Chaplin turned… Read More »Volunteer Spotlight: Ed Chaplin
Systemic Corruption in Congress
OPINION: It’s worse than you think… Home Box Office released a documentary last summer called “The Swamp.” I’ve had enough exposure to American politics to… Read More »Systemic Corruption in Congress
What’s Your Hot Button?
Most of us have a few political priorities, or hot button issues, we’re passionate about. The list might include climate change, taxation, immigration reform, the… Read More »What’s Your Hot Button?
Do We Really Need Another Party?
Bernie Sanders’ loss of the Democratic Party’s nomination for president prompted some voters to cry out, as they have in the past, for the creation… Read More »Do We Really Need Another Party?
Now’s the time to reform our politics
We may all breathe a sigh of relief for having narrowly averted catastrophe with the defeat of Donald Trump, but this is no time to… Read More »Now’s the time to reform our politics