https://znetwork.org/author/stevenhill/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Fri, 16 Feb 2024 17:47:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/stevenhill/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/breaking-barriers-for-black-women-candidates/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/breaking-barriers-for-black-women-candidates/#respond Fri, 16 Feb 2024 17:46:54 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1262288 Black women are among the most politically underrepresented Americans. They are 7.7 percent of the total US population and 15.3 percent of the population of women, yet they are only 5.4 percent of all voting members of Congress, 5.2 percent of all state legislators, and only 3.5 percent of all statewide elective executives, according to the Center for American [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/breaking-barriers-for-black-women-candidates/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/2024-may-be-a-breakout-year-for-ranked-choice-voting/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/2024-may-be-a-breakout-year-for-ranked-choice-voting/#respond Thu, 04 Jan 2024 16:49:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1260201 Across the nation, RCV will be on the ballot in a number of states and cities — and already it has won 27 ballot measures in a row As part of my happenstance preparation for a career doing political reform work – there were no university degrees in “how to foment a revolution” – instead [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/2024-may-be-a-breakout-year-for-ranked-choice-voting/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/another-shooting-welcome-to-another-crazy-day-in-winner-take-all-land/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/another-shooting-welcome-to-another-crazy-day-in-winner-take-all-land/#respond Fri, 31 Mar 2023 16:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1242531 America’s winner-take-all elections bedevil common sense and ensure a vast gap between public opinion and policy Another shooting. Another SHOOTING? ANOTHER SHOOTING!!! Another SCHOOL shooting. I can hardly believe it. Three school children are dead, gunned down at nine years of age, along with three of their adult care keepers. While the children were paying [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/another-shooting-welcome-to-another-crazy-day-in-winner-take-all-land/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-real-world-map-for-understanding-the-irascible-pandemonium-of-us-politics/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-real-world-map-for-understanding-the-irascible-pandemonium-of-us-politics/#respond Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:52:16 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1223347 US politics can be pretty confounding. Earlier this year, analysts and crystal ball gazers were predicting a GOP takeover of Congress. Then, after the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling overturning Roe v. Wade and a woman’s bodily autonomy, coupled with a few Biden administration legislative victories, the crystal balls’ hue turned a brighter blue. Now, New York Times columnist David Brooks [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-real-world-map-for-understanding-the-irascible-pandemonium-of-us-politics/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/italys-election-backfires-using-us-style-voting/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/italys-election-backfires-using-us-style-voting/#respond Wed, 28 Sep 2022 16:19:40 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1221712 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/italys-election-backfires-using-us-style-voting/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/alaskans-first-rcv-election-a-success-but-complainers-gonna-complain/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/alaskans-first-rcv-election-a-success-but-complainers-gonna-complain/#respond Sun, 21 Aug 2022 15:11:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1200384 Human beings are creatures of habit. Habits and routines help us through our days and weeks. And once those habits are deeply dug into our cerebrums, it’s not so easy to escape those well-worn paths. If another person comes along and rattles the bars of our habits, we tend to react defensively. I remember when we [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/alaskans-first-rcv-election-a-success-but-complainers-gonna-complain/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/its-time-for-a-constitutional-convention/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/its-time-for-a-constitutional-convention/#respond Sun, 31 Jul 2022 08:06:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1197828 The crisis of US democracy shows no end in sight. The recent congressional hearings regarding the January 6 insurrection shone a bright light on a dark underbelly to this troubled American republic. 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