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Democrats March Toward Cliff
Obama once called Clinton “likable enough,” but a new poll shows her net-negative has nearly doubled to 24 points.
GOP Presidential Candidate John Kasich Isn’t a Moderate
Haley Swenson and Emily Shaw survey the political career of Republican presidential candidate John Kasich.
Millions of New Yorkers Disenfranchised From Primaries Thanks to State’s Restrictive Voting Laws
The state has no early voting, no Election Day registration and excuse-only absentee balloting.
“The American People Are on Our Side”: Advocates Hopeful on SCOTUS Immigration Case
The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in what's being called the most significant immigration case in decades.
Haiti President Calls for Electoral Verification Mission Opposed by International Donors
The commission faces pushback from those who provide the bulk of the funding for Haiti's elections.
Election Agency Mulls Options to Curb Foreign Political Money, Punts Until Summer
Will this move suffer the fate of another deadlocked vote that has become all too common?
Why Bernie’s Right About Glass-Steagall
As the quip attributed to Mark Twain goes, history doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes.
The Spirit of Occupy Lives on in France’s Emerging Direct Democracy Movement
Five years after popular uprisings and Occupy-style movements spread around the world, another movement is growing in France.
Charitable Plutocracy: Bill Gates, Washington State and the Nuisance of Democracy
How these philanthropists coordinate tax-exempt grantmaking with political funding remains largely obscure.
William Rivers Pitt | New York: The Beginning of the End of the Beginning
It's been a weird year, and it's fixing to get a whole lot weirder.