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Reparations for Black Americans are past due. Edgar Villanueva makes the case for reparations as an election issue.

Why Reparations Are a 2024 Election Issue

Reparations for Black Americans are past due. Edgar Villanueva makes the case for reparations as an election issue.

| Feb 22, 2024

What the Brazil Insurrection Means for Democracy

Supporters of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the capital this weekend, demanding the election of his successor be overturned by the military. Here’s what that means.

Rafael R. Ioris | Jan 9, 2023

Collage of stickers that read "I Voted Today"

Democracy Lives to Fight Another Day

Take a breather as we roll into the end of 2022, because the year ahead is going to keep all of us on our toes to defend democracy. Again.

Chris Winters | Dec 1, 2022

10 Tips for Managing Post-Election Anxiety

The first step is simple: Stop scrolling.

Bethany Teachman | Nov 9, 2022

The Rise of Indigenous Candidates Raises Awareness of Key Issues

Indigenous values helped shape American democracy, and now they’re helping increase Native representation.

Hadassah Patterson | Aug 10, 2022

The Voters Who Could Decide Close Elections in 2022

In addition to casting critical votes, Natives are winning local, state, and national offices.

Stephanie Woodard | Aug 1, 2022

Citizens Wanted Fairer Electoral Districts. Politicians … Not So Much

The redistricting cycle of 2022 has been marked by numerous voter suppression laws, lawsuits against them, and citizen involvement in drawing new maps.

Linda Kramer Jenning | Jan 21, 2022

How to Combat Disinformation Targeting Black Communities

Since 2016, organizers have identified campaigns sowing falsehoods about the pandemic and the presidential election and have worked to counteract them.

Amy Yee | Nov 3, 2020

Where the Election Can Go Badly—And What We Can Do About It

It starts with knowing how we actually elect a president, and what your vote really means.

Chris Winters | Sep 14, 2020

Analysis | Election 2020 | Black Voters

Young Black Voters May Be the Key to a Biden Victory—If They Vote For Him

Surveys show that, rather than reflexively voting Democratic, young Black voters are pessimistic any Democrat can make a difference.

David C. Barker, Sam Fulwood III | Aug 12, 2020

Biden Still Needs to Earn Our Vote

Earning the vote of Black American voters requires acknowledgment of our issues and proposed solutions in front of every audience—not just those flooded with Black faces. Without it, Trump can win.

Candace Hollingsworth | Jul 24, 2020

Analysis | Supreme Court | Electoral College | Election 2020

The SCOTUS Electoral College Decision Is a Vote for the Status Quo

Electors thought they could vote their consciences in 2016. The Supreme Court just said “no.”

Morgan Marietta | Jul 8, 2020

Voting Is Now a Public Health Issue

Voting rights have always been inconsistently applied. Now the coronavirus pandemic is threatening those rights even more, and activists are pushing back.

Isabella Garcia | Jun 22, 2020

Prolonged Uprising Is the New Normal

Along with community care, accountability, and the disruption of oppressive systems.

Jade Begay | Jun 15, 2020

Analysis | Democracy | Election 2020 | Democrats

Can Biden Bridge the Democratic Age Gap?

Young voters broke overwhelmingly for Bernie Sanders in the primary. Now Joe Biden has to earn their votes.

Mike Males | May 14, 2020

How to Save Elections From a Pandemic

Utah has shown both how to get more people to vote and how to overcome the political resistance that electoral reforms inevitably run into.

Eric Cortellessa | Mar 26, 2020

Infographic | Voting | Election 2020

Predictions of Record Voting

Political interest is high— from the number of small-donor contributions made to presidential candidates to cable news viewership—signaling voter turnout may reach new heights in November.

Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz | Mar 5, 2020

Opinion | Election 2020

Can Moderate Democrats Sign On to a Progressive President?

Bernie Sanders still has a lot of momentum, but many moderates are skeptical of socialism. They don’t have to be.

Chris Winters | Mar 4, 2020

How Advocates Are Fighting Voter Suppression

As the 2020 election season gets under way, activists are beginning to push back against voter disenfranchisement across the country.

Linda Kramer Jenning | Feb 5, 2020

Opinion | Election 2020 | Democrats | Democracy

What the White Debate Stage Says About Racial Equity

Is the U.S. really ready for change?

Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | Jan 14, 2020

Ranked Choice Voting Gains Traction For 2020

As an independent candidate for public office, Tiffany Bond might typically be seen as a spoiler in a conventional election. But when she ran for Congress in 2018 in Maine’s

Lynsi Burton | Jan 10, 2020

Opinion | Impeachment

Why Impeachment Matters, Regardless of the Outcome

As I’m writing this, the House Judiciary Committee has unveiled two articles of impeachment against President Trump which, according to my awesome powers of precognition, are going to get approved

Chris Winters | Dec 10, 2019

Opinion | Democracy

Can We Get the Money Out of Politics?

Lost amid the daily news cycle now focused on the impeachment of the president is the fact that money continues to roll in. Democratic candidates are constantly asking donors to

Chris Winters | Dec 3, 2019

A volunteer checks off voters as they arrive at the Beulah Baptist Church polling station in Montgomery, Alabama, on Dec. 12, 2017.

Analysis | Women | Democracy

Democrats Need Black Women Voters Now More Than Ever

Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro caused a stir last week when he remarked that it’s time to change the order of the primary states in presidential elections. The current schedule

Tasha Williams | Nov 21, 2019

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