The Right to Vote Should Be Guaranteed by the Constitution The Right to Vote Should Be Guaranteed by the Constitution
Elizabeth Warren is championing a great idea.
Mar 29, 2019 / John Nichols
New York State Can Lead the Country on Publicly Financed Elections New York State Can Lead the Country on Publicly Financed Elections
A broad-based coalition of labor, environmental, racial- and social-justice groups is making a critical push this week for doable and transformative reform.
Mar 26, 2019 / John Nichols
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
Let the 16-Year-Olds Who Are Marching for the Planet Vote to Save It Let the 16-Year-Olds Who Are Marching for the Planet Vote to Save It
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is leading the change to lower the voting age, and she just got 125 House members to vote with her.
Mar 15, 2019 / John Nichols
Prison Gerrymandering Distorts Our Democracy in the Worst Ways Prison Gerrymandering Distorts Our Democracy in the Worst Ways
Congressman Mark Pocan just got the House to approve an end to Census counts that distort representation at local and state levels.
Mar 8, 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
The United States Is a Progressive Nation With a Democracy Problem The United States Is a Progressive Nation With a Democracy Problem
Voter suppression contributes to the myth that America is made up of centrists.
Feb 6, 2019 / David M. Perry
Democrats Need to Make Getting Rid of the Electoral College a Top Priority Democrats Need to Make Getting Rid of the Electoral College a Top Priority
Two Republican losers have “won” the presidency in 16 years—that should be a lesson for Democrats.
Feb 1, 2019 / John Nichols
Massive Democracy-Reform Legislation Gets Its Day In Congress Massive Democracy-Reform Legislation Gets Its Day In Congress
And Republican protectors of the crooked system went off the deep end.
Jan 29, 2019 / George Zornick
Trump Is Entering the Terrible Twos—the Tantrums Are Going to Get Worse Trump Is Entering the Terrible Twos—the Tantrums Are Going to Get Worse
His presidency reminds us that this country has relied for too long on a “gentleman’s agreement” to maintain a civil society. We must demand a thorough reconstruction of our p...
Jan 24, 2019 / John Nichols