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“New Right” Leaders Are Co-opting Progressive Language to Mislead Voters
The leaders of the “new populist right” are refurbishing the very conservative and elite order they claim to oppose.
Exploiting Pandemic, Trump Admin Weighs Banning Immigration Indefinitely
Trump's team has decided to lock down the country in a way that even the most nativist policies of the 1920s never did.
Will This Public Health Crisis Lead to a Voting Rights Crisis?
Our election in the fall is in deep trouble if we don't take steps now to safeguard voting rights amid the pandemic.
Undemocratic Elections Have Citizens Reinventing Self-Governance Worldwide
Citizens are creating innovative models of self-governance to counter the failures of representative democracy.
Democracy Is Under Assault Around the World, and Right Here in Texas
The consequences from the 2013 evisceration of the Voting Rights Act came to full bloom in Texas this week.
Thousands Are Taking the Streets to Protest Suspension of Dominican Elections
Protesters are now demanding an independent investigation into what happened in the local elections.
Our Democratic Institutions Are Dying as Presidential Power Grows
George W. Bush laid the groundwork. Trump has taken executive excesses to the next level.
The Senate Has Spoken: US Presidents Can Abuse Power Without Consequence
Trump’s acquittal has terrifying implications for U.S. democracy.
Forget Impeachment — All Politicians Should Be Revocable
We should be able to hold a referendum on any elected official at any time we want. That's real democracy.
Mitch McConnell Is Trying to Free Trump From the Rule of Law
McConnell's fealty to Trump over the Constitution threatens democracy.