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July 28, 2005
Voting Rights for All
With key provisions of the Voting Rights Act up for renewal, Congress must remain committed to the equal right to vote.
The Editors
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July 8, 2005
Lee Scott, Civil Rights Activist (Really!)
Talk about surprising developments, Wal-Mart has done something good.
Liza Featherstone
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June 9, 2005
The Myth of Small-Donor Clout
Contrary to popular opinion, large donors dominated fund-raising even more than usual in the 2004 election cycle.
Nick Nyhart
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June 9, 2005
Something Rotten in Ohio
Voting irregularities in the 2004 election demonstrate the urgency of election reform.
Gore Vidal
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April 25, 2005
Failing the Electoral Standards
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has been monitoring elections in emerging democracies ever since the fall of the Berlin wall, but now it has done something different a
Andrew Gumbel
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April 13, 2005
John Bolton vs. Democracy
“I’m with the Bush-Cheney team, and I’m here to stop the count.” Those were the words John Bolton yelled as he burst into a Tallahassee library on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2000, where local election workers were recounting ballots cast in Florida’s disputed presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore. Bolton was one of the pack of lawyers for the Republican presidential ticket who repeatedly sought to shut down recounts of the ballots from Florida counties before those counts revealed that Gore had actually won the state’s electoral votes and the presidency.
John Nichols
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January 20, 2005
Party Cannibals
In December the leaders of the Democratic Leadership Council, Al From and Bruce Reed, published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal about what the Democrats had to do to attract heartland
Rick Perlstein
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January 18, 2005
Pomp and Improper Circumstance
Some might say it’s tacky to rain on the President’s parade, but two crucial news stories compel it.
Robert Scheer
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January 13, 2005
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January 13, 2005