Electoral Reform

Brett Kavanaugh Laughing

How the US Supreme Court Lost Its Legitimacy How the US Supreme Court Lost Its Legitimacy

The far right has long sought to limit access to authentic democratic governance. It’s succeeding.

Sep 17, 2018 / Lawrence Weschler

McCain and Feingold

John McCain and Russ Feingold’s Joint Effort to Restore Democracy John McCain and Russ Feingold’s Joint Effort to Restore Democracy

The two very different senators established a working relationship to challenge the money power that even in the 1990s was beginning to render the Capitol dysfunctional.

Aug 27, 2018 / John Nichols

Elizabeth Warren Woburn Town Hall

Elizabeth Warren Could Make a Great Run for President as an Anti-Corruption Crusader Elizabeth Warren Could Make a Great Run for President as an Anti-Corruption Crusader

She’s got a plan to drain the swamp that is Donald Trump’s Washington. If she takes it on the campaign trail, that’s terrific.

Aug 21, 2018 / John Nichols

Democracy Spring 2016

Don’t Let Corporate Money Dominate the Midterms Don’t Let Corporate Money Dominate the Midterms

You can also organize in your community to demand that all separated immigrant families are reunited and freed from detention.

Jul 31, 2018 / NationAction

Protesters pray during a Rally For Our Children event to protest a new

Cities Are Saying ‘No’ to ICE by Canceling Their Contracts With the Agency Cities Are Saying ‘No’ to ICE by Canceling Their Contracts With the Agency

Dispatches from the Urban Resistance, June 2018: From Austin to Toledo and beyond.

Jul 2, 2018 / Sophie Kasakove

Voting ballot box

Why the Supreme Court’s Voter-Purge Ruling Is So Damaging Why the Supreme Court’s Voter-Purge Ruling Is So Damaging

The Husted decision fuels the GOP voter-suppression campaign—but citizens have a chance to fight back in this fall’s midterms.

Jun 20, 2018 / John Nichols

Why We Need a Wider Foreign-Policy Debate

Why We Need a Wider Foreign-Policy Debate Why We Need a Wider Foreign-Policy Debate

The establishment consensus has failed. Citizen intervention can change that.

Jun 20, 2018 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Supreme Court protest

Now It’s Up to Voters to Stop Gerrymandering Now It’s Up to Voters to Stop Gerrymandering

The Supreme Court declined to act to stop partisan gerrymandering, so we must act instead.

Jun 18, 2018 / John Nichols

Pete Ricketts

In Nebraska, a House Undivided May Fall In Nebraska, a House Undivided May Fall

How Governor Pete Ricketts took over Nebraska’s unicameral Legislature.

May 14, 2018 / Ross Benes

Supreme Court protest

Ohio Voters Just Overturned Anti-Democratic Gerrymandering Ohio Voters Just Overturned Anti-Democratic Gerrymandering

The state’s radical change in how congressional districts are drawn matters for Ohio and for the rest of the country.

May 9, 2018 / John Nichols

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