State secretaries bask in smooth Election Day, joust in Washington’s battles
Miles Rapoport
Miles Rapoport is the co-author of 100% Democracy and the executive director of 100% Democracy: An Initiative for Universal Voting and a senior fellow at the Ash Center of the Harvard Kennedy School. He served as secretary of state in Connecticut and is a member of the board of The American Prospect.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Three Reasons Why Voting Won’t Be Rigged
And what we should really worry about next
Posted inCivil Rights in America
From a Contentious Election to a Stronger Democracy
Strengthening democracy is the key to all other reforms.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
McConnell Uses Misinformation to Protect Secret Political Donors
How the Kentucky senator is trying to block an executive order on political spending.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Democracy’s New Moment
For a very long time, those of us committed to strengthening American democracy felt we were-if not voices crying in the wilderness-standing on the sidelines, stamping our feet for attention. Fights over the right to vote and other civil rights are as old as the Republic, as are efforts to restrain the influence of money […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
McConnell’s Appeal to Millionaire Donors Makes Case for Constitutional Amendment on Political Money
The constitutional amendment deemed “radical” by the Senate minority leader simply affirms that money is not speech and that no one, however wealthy or powerful, has a constitutional right to spend unlimited sums to influence our elections.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Challenging the Myths of the Libertarian Right
A new initiative to sharpen the opposition to their ideas.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
A New American “demos”?
The electorate that re-elected the President demands public policies that reflect a greater commitment to equality.
Posted inArticle
Understand the Democracy Is the Core Issue
This piece is part of the Prospect’s series on progressives’ strategy over the next 40 years. To read the introduction, click here. Making our democracy vibrant, inclusive, and effective has to be a critical part of the progressive project for the next 40 years. Progressives need to take two leaps of understanding. The first is […]
Posted inSpecial Report
The Democracy We Deserve
There’s reason to be optimistic about the prospects for reform. Here’s why.