Electors poised to officially install Donald Trump as president face mounting pressure to “go rogue,” but Electoral College scholar Robert Alexander says such lobbying campaigns are becoming par for the course, and wholesale changes in the current system are not likely.
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Jill Stein Pulls Back the Curtain on America’s Voting Chaos
If nothing else, the Green Party leader’s quixotic recount bid shows that election administration in the U.S. is a colossal mess.
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The Case for Resistance
There is no common ground to be had with the Trump administration.
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The Coming Asylum Squeeze
Trump administration policies will force a growing number of asylum seekers back to their countries, where they could face threats, violence, and death.
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Republicans Gear Up to Eviscerate the Campaign-Finance Rules
From “Charity PACs” to soft money, Donald Trump and his GOP allies are just getting started on their campaign to roll back restrictions on moneyed interests.
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Reforming Democracy in the Age of Trump
On November 10, Miles Rapoport sat down with Bob Herbert’s Op-Ed.TV to discuss what led to Donald Trump’s victory, what it means for voting rights and money in politics, and how democracy reformers should respond. Rapoport is a long-time democracy advocate who served as secretary of state in Connecticut, and president of both Demos and […]
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Democrats Must Mobilize America’s Largest Political Party: Nonvoters
Nearly half of eligible voters did not cast a ballot on November 8, and most of them are people the Democratic Party should be targeting.
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Poverty’s Punishment: America’s Oppressive Bail Regime
Bail systems across the country continue to function as another way the criminal justice system exacerbates poverty and racial inequality.
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Showdown at Standing Stone Camp
The Dakota Access Pipeline battle is just the tip of the iceberg. Across North America, a reinvigorated Native sovereignty movement is flexing its muscles—and racking up victories.
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Democrats Make Gains in North Carolina Against Backdrop of Voter Suppression
Changing demographics, combined with the three-year effort by state Republicans to suppress minority and youth turnout, led to close races.
