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Pro-Democracy (page 3)

December 14, 2022 5:30 am

Clock Is Ticking on Chance to Fix the Electoral Count Act

Reforms likely to be folded into the spending bill, but disagreements remain between the House and Senate versions.
Joe Perticone
December 1, 2022 5:30 am

China’s Torment Is a Reminder of What We Have

As Americans grow envious of authoritarian government, Chinese yearn for democracy.
Mona Charen
November 28, 2022 5:01 am

We Figured Out How to Beat the Authoritarian Censors

Samizdat is fighting the battle for real free speech.
Yevgeny Simkin
November 21, 2022 5:30 am

What Role Did Gerrymandering Play in Giving the GOP Its House Majority?

And how does it affect racial representation?
Theodore R. Johnson
October 15, 2022 6:29 am

The Munich Model for Trump’s National Security Extortion 

The president does not own America's national secrets.
Laurence H. Tribe and Dennis Aftergut
October 11, 2022 5:30 am

What’s Ahead for the Voting Rights Act?

And what it means for our democracy.
Stephen I. Vladeck
October 6, 2022 5:30 am

Merging Politics and Celebrity is Bad for Democracy

Public office shouldn’t be a mere platform for fame-seekers. And citizens shouldn’t be passive spectators.
Theodore R. Johnson
September 28, 2022 5:56 am

The Electoral Count Act Is Actually an Engineering Problem

Don’t focus on the politics. Focus on outcomes management.
Boris Krämer, Chris Truax, and Jonathan Carreon
August 17, 2022 5:30 am

The MAGA Crowd May Venerate 1776 But They Idolize a Would-Be Monarch

The Patriots of the American Revolution believed no man was above the law. Donald Trump’s followers are sure he is.
Jeffrey C. Isaac
July 25, 2022 5:30 am

Is the American Myth Unraveling?

Our creedal dedication to equality and democracy may be petering out. Or maybe it just needs more vigorous defending.
Theodore R. Johnson