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Pro-Democracy

January 8, 2024 5:32 am

‘The Most Urgent Question of Our Time’

Biden is right to focus on democracy—even if some of his fellow Democrats worry that voters don’t care enough about…
A.B. Stoddard
December 18, 2023 5:32 am

The Anti–‘Rock the Vote’ Movement

Young people deserve a real voice in our democracy. Too many Republicans want to make it harder for them to…
Trevor Potter
November 14, 2023 5:32 am

Counting on the Vote Counters

A front-row seat in Mississippi to how the central act of democracy is managed—and sometimes mismanaged.
Margaret McMullan
September 15, 2023 5:32 am

To Defeat Authoritarianism, We Need Partisan Centrism

The No Labels presidential bid takes resources and support away from moderates who need them to create real change within…
Liam Kerr
September 13, 2023 5:32 am

Wisconsin Republicans’ Naked Exercise in Authoritarian Power

Gerrymandering GOP want to impeach a judge who threatens their control.
Donald Moynihan
August 22, 2023 5:32 am

How to Fight Disinformation and Denial

Right-wing conspiracy theorists and what it will take to get reality to matter again.
Bill Lueders
July 13, 2023 5:31 am

Meet the Group Trying to Get More People to Volunteer as Poll Workers

‘Power the Polls’ is making it easier to step up and help tend democracy.
Jim Swift
June 22, 2023 5:32 am

In Arkansas, a Vision of Single-Party Democracy

Even some conservatives are starting to feel alienated by the partisan priorities of Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the GOP-controlled state…
Alan Elrod
June 21, 2023 5:32 am

Seven Lessons the United States Can Learn from Other Democracies

Free countries around the world are finding new ways to stem political polarization and combat misinformation and disinformation.
Rachael Dean Wilson and Kevin Johnson
June 12, 2023 5:31 am

Why Deneenism Fails

The political theorist is back with another broadside against American liberal democracy—this time sketching out the future he’d like to…
Gabriel Schoenfeld