California Rising

For Want of a Majority of States

Slavery, Civil Rights, and How the U.S. Senate Undermines Democracy

The Great Bait-and-Switch

U.S. Senate Malapportionment in Historical Perspective

Introduction: the Strange Feast

Imagine that every night you attend a feast. Guests take their assigned seats at one of…

SB 562 and the Rendon hold up

Late in the evening on Friday June 23rd, while most people were heading out for a night on the town, or heading away for weekend trips, the hopes for a single payer universal healthcare plan were dashed when speaker of the Assembly Anthony Rendon(D) announced that he would be…

10 questions with Mark Parker Running for State Assembly District 40

1) What qualifications do you have to run for office, and what inspired you to run for office?

First, I should say that I’ve yet to file with the Secretary of State, so I’m not an official candidate. There are a few technical…

Xenophobia!

My mother was born under a tree in Mexicali, Mexico in 1958. The homes in Mexicali back then and even today are hotter than a California oven in the dead of summer. Which is why my grandmother delivered her third child, my mother, under the shade of a tree.

Thoughts on the “Calexit” comic

from inside the California independence movement

In some of the least serious “research” I’ve conducted, I read the first issue of “Calexit,” a new comic series.

Taxation without Representation, Again?

“No taxation without Representation.” The inception of this slogan cultivated what is…

How to submit your story

We’d (probably) love to include your article in our publication! Email our acting editor at indyquail@gmail.com to find out.

Some things to keep in mind.

What we’re interested in:

• Identity: What does it mean…

Why California should pack its bags (even if we’re never going to leave)

Why all Californians should take independence seriously

The idea of California as an independent country has been around for a long time, but…

How any state can declare fiscal independence

This article outlines a simple way that any U.S. state can:

• control the total amount of taxes (state and federal) that state residents and businesses pay
• stabilize the total level of government…

Constitutional Loopholes for Independence

How the U.S. could set a state free, without a constitutional amendment

Could the United States let a state become an independent country, if the political will existed to do so? Or…