The Crown’s Case for the Monarchy
The Netflix show portrays the awkward dance between ceremony and democracy.
Democracy
Fukuyama’s Inner Civic Republicanism (Part 2)
Rethinking liberal triumphalism—and its limitations
The Case Against the Popular Vote
What would it sound like if someone proposed the Electoral College for the first time today?
Trump’s Quiet Attack on Redistricting
Having failed in its first effort to subvert democracy, the Trump administration has found subtler means to achieve its end.
Trump’s Cynical War on American Citizenship
The president's slurs and his administration's policies are an attack on U.S. democracy itself—all in a desperate bid to cling to power.
Make the Guarantee Clause Great Again
How a long-standing Supreme Court precedent is hindering constitutional challenges of partisan gerrymandering.
To Beat the Gerrymander, Think Outside the Lines
The Supreme Court ruling on partisan electoral districts highlights bigger problems with how maps are drawn and how representatives are chosen.
Restoring Democracy Is Not Open to Debate
If Democrats vying for the presidency want to enact any of their proposals, countering recent assaults on voting rights has to be a top priority.
Advocates Want Everyone Counted, No Matter the Fate of the Citizenship Question
The Supreme Court ruled Trump officials needed a better reason to tinker with the census; Democracy watchdogs aren't waiting for them to find one.
Democracy Fights Back
Republican attempts at voter suppression have inspired a movement to restore and expand access to the polls.
Socialism in No Country
Why the revolutionary left has always been bad news for democracy
Socialism and the Democracy Deficit
The quest for radical equality in the American grain
Reclaiming the Future
On the growing appeal of socialism in an age of inequality
Selling the Green New Deal With Optimism, Not Fear
If citizens are encouraged to help shape climate justice, they will be far more likely to join the project.
Conservatives’ Disingenuous Attacks on Democratic Reforms
What are they afraid of? A truly representative democracy.
American Democracy Is on the Supreme Court Docket
Three cases being heard this term could amplify the imbalance of power and influence in U.S. politics.
Trump Is the Real National Emergency
The president is using his executive power not to address a legitimate crisis, but to satisfy a political goal.
How to Oppose Fascism
Jason Lutes's graphic novel "Berlin," about the break-up of the Weimar Republic, is both unsettling and uplifting in its timeliness.
Just Hold Another Referendum
There's nothing democratic about forcing through a Brexit deal that voters in 2016 probably wouldn't have approved.
The GOP’s Laboratories of Oligarchy
Republicans in multiple states are using lame-duck sessions to disempower the Democrats who won in last month's blue wave.
