Political reporter Anna Sale spoke this week with IndependentVoting.org President Jackie Salit and Ted Downing, the former Arizona legislator turned independent, for a story on three organizations with very distinct approaches to addressing the widespread dissatisfaction with partisanship. (August 11, 2011)

The S & P downgrade of Americ’as credit rating was addressed by Harry Kresky in this piece in the Huffington Post entitled “America’s Other Deficit.”(August 10, 2011)

Sarah Lyon’s letter to the editor in the Staten Island Advance under the headline “Rank Partisanship Poison’s our Political Process.”(August 10, 2011)

Dr. Lenora Fulani’s article in The Amsterdam News offered this touching remembrance of Fred Newman.(August 7, 2011)

Ana Sale is on the “independent beat” for the month of August and in ”Voters Unhappy with Polarization are Going Independent” she interviewed Colorado indies while Nancy Ross added a national perspective and introduced the lobbying campaign underway urging Congress to hold hearings on the second class status of independents (August 4, 2011).

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The Parties are Over. Jackie Salit’s guest editorial in New York Newsday(October 2010). Read More

An Independent View of the Midterm Elections. Jackie Salit’s article in the Huffington Post(October 2010). Read More

California’s Top Two Primary System Opens the Door to a Broader and Stronger Coalition for Political Reform Harry Kresky’s article in the Huffington Post(December 2010). Read More

Fulani Espouses the Mantra of “Two Good Choices” The New York Amsterdam News article by Stephon Johnson(October 2010). Read More

NYC Newspaper calls for Nonpartisan Elections. New York City’s Our Town newspaper published an editorial on Feb. 4th arguing in favor of nonpartisan municipal elections. Read More

Top to Bottom, fix the Charter: NYC Should Stop Excluding So Many Voters from the Primary Process(August 2010) . By Dick Dady and John Avalon in the Daily News.   Read More

The Independence Party and the Black Community: A Power Partnership. By Dr. Lenora Fulani, Amsterdam News, November 26 – December 2, 2009. Read More

Indys Defend Bloomberg As One Of Their Own. Comptroller Bill Thompson’s campaign is stepping up its efforts to cast Mayor Bloomberg as a Republican, sending out a memo to reporters today entitled: “Mike Bloomberg, far from Independent.” Daily News, August 11, 2009 11:52 AM By Elizabeth Benjamin. Read More

Independence Party making name for itself in city, state. The Independence Party arrived on the scene about 15 years ago and has had a considerable impact on political developments since then. This party is mainly interested in changing the structure of our political process… Queens Ledger, March 18, 2009. By William Lewis.  Read More

In Reversal, Mayor Now Woos Political Parties. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is pleading with political party leaders to put his name on their ballot line … members of the Independence Party, Fred Newman and Jackie S. Salit…In interviews, at least three of the Independence Party’s five county … New York Times, February 19, 2009 – By MICHAEL BARBARO – New York Region. Read More