The Carter-Baker report was intended to strengthen Americans’ trust in the electoral process. Today, it’s become a favorite weapon for right-wing attacks on voting rights.

How we came to rely on the courts, instead of the democratic process, for justice

Democracy reform is the first step toward a sustainable future.

BP and other companies have expressed outrage over the Capitol riot, but they have a history of supporting authoritarians in other countries.

Can the largest media platform in the world ever be made safe for democracy?

Workplace democracy would have lessened the damage from this year’s economic crisis—and could buffer the next one.

From billionaire dilettantes to pension funds, profit-seeking just isn’t compatible with the media’s core democratic functions.

Politicians love to bluster about saving “our democracy”—without acknowledging all the ways it’s broken.

While Trump made a sport of being rude and gleefully cruel, the true obscenity of his presidency was that so much of it remained business as usual.

The enduring struggle over who is deserving of political representation

As American democracy teeters, so does the fate of our burning planet.

A grassroots coalition is fighting like hell to build power for the left. Securing a Democratic win this presidential election is a necessary detour on that path.

The republic’s survival depends on it.

The problem with the highest court in the country isn’t just that it’s too conservative—it’s also too powerful.

Beyond packing schemes, we need to diminish the high court’s power.

Most dictators rig elections to win. With his Postal Service gambit, Trump merely wants everybody to lose with him.

From George Washington to Simón Bolívar, magnetic leaders built modern democracies. They also broke them.

While leaders in the U.S., U.K., and France spout nationalist rhetoric, Angela Merkel has emphasized core democratic values in response to the coronavirus.

The subtlest way to undermine democracy is to fake it.

The Russian president is planning a lifetime tenure—and acting as a beacon for budding autocrats, from Turkmenistan to the Trump White House.