Page 1 - Editor's Note

Page 4 - Arizona / Legislators Pull a Fast One. Independents Gear Up for Next Round

Page 5 - Idaho / Independents Fight to Keep Primaries Open

Page 6 - Missouri / Independents Teach State Legislators a Lesson

Page 7 - New Hampshire / Independents Ask "What's In a Name?

Page 8 - California / Bubble, Bubble, Toll and Trouble

Page 9 - Texas / Political Terrain shifts as Independents Gain Ground

Page 11 - Richard Halicks/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution / Is the Senator Leading a Movement, or Just an Interesting Campaign?

Page 13 - Phyllis Goldberg / A Woman of Faith: Author, Activist, Christian Marcia Ford Speaks Out

Page 16 - Jackie Jones & Sherrel Wheeler / BlackAmericaWeb.com / Former Hopeful Lenora Fulani Amoung Those Thrilled as Obama Becomes First Black Nominee

Page 17 - Lenora Fulani / The Rise of the Black Independent (an excerpt)

Page 18 - Jacqueline Salit / Is This The Rainbow We've Been Waiting For? (C O V E R    S T O R Y)

Page 23 - David Belmont / Independents and the Iraq War

Page 25 - Matt Meiners / How the democrats Democratized, Some Delegates Became "Super", and Independents Chose the Democratic Nominee

Page 29 - Jacqueline Salit / Book Review - Declaring Independence: The Beginning of the End of the Two-Party System

Page 30 - Phil Keisling/Harry Kresky / Supreme Court Opens the Door to Restructuring Primary Elections

Page 32 - Talk/Talk - Fred Newman and Jacqueline Salit take on the talking heads

Page 36 - Profiles in Independence / Tyra Cohen: Time to Take the Lead