Progressive Kara Eastman Is Pulling Ahead in Omaha’s Bellwether Congressional District Progressive Kara Eastman Is Pulling Ahead in Omaha’s Bellwether Congressional District
A champion of economic, social, and racial justice could beat a Republican incumbent in eastern Nebraska.
Oct 17, 2020 / John Nichols
Will We Ever Get Rid of the Electoral College? Will We Ever Get Rid of the Electoral College?
The system that is nobody’s first choice.
Sep 22, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin
Fires Prove the Climate Catastrophe Is a Constitutional Crisis Too Fires Prove the Climate Catastrophe Is a Constitutional Crisis Too
The Electoral College and the Senate both marginalize states that are the hardest hit by climate change.
Sep 14, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Topple the Electoral College Topple the Electoral College
A Supreme Court ruling upholding restrictions on “faithless electors” does nothing to legitimize this antidemocratic institution.
Jul 6, 2020 / John Nichols
What’s Super Popular? Voting by Mail. What’s Super Popular? Voting by Mail.
Congressional Democrats must recognize that Americans want this change, and bargain hard for the $4 billion that will assure safe and fair elections.
Apr 24, 2020 / John Nichols
Letters From the February 17, 2020, Issue Letters From the February 17, 2020, Issue
Failing college… East Coast vibes… The beginning of understanding… More than words…
Feb 4, 2020 / Letters / Our Readers
The Loser President The Loser President
Trump could lose by many millions of votes and still secure an Electoral College win—and Democrats aren’t paying this the attention it deserves.
Jan 20, 2020 / Feature / John Nichols
Electoral College Bound Electoral College Bound
Amending the constitution—that’s unconstitutional!
Apr 9, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
Elizabeth Warren Gets the Argument Against the Electoral College Exactly Right Elizabeth Warren Gets the Argument Against the Electoral College Exactly Right
She says it would steer candidates to states that aren’t now considered political “battlegrounds,” such as Mississippi.
Mar 19, 2019 / John Nichols
Pete Buttigieg Understands What’s at Stake, and What’s Possible Pete Buttigieg Understands What’s at Stake, and What’s Possible
What makes Buttigieg’s campaigning most interesting is the intense focus he has placed on the need to renew and extend American democracy.
Feb 20, 2019 / John Nichols