Jim Walden, who left the Democratic Party years ago, is challenging a law that bans the word “independence” on a ballot line.

1. Leverage and Accountability: Political independence allows us to negotiate with both parties. By withholding our automatic loyalty, we force them to work for our votes by offering real solutions to ...

Losing to a twice-impeached convicted felon has left a small, but growing, number of Democrats wondering if their party brand is so toxic that they should shed the label — particularly in battleground ...

To me, independence, saying things that aren’t politically correct, willing to take on not just X interest group or whatever but even your own party’s interest group or leadership — to me ...