The overt racism that has been on display in the past few days is not an aberration, it’s nothing new: this is who Donald Trump is.   Trump’s first serious foray into American politics was as a vocal promoter of the cons

Tonight, the presidential race for 2020 begins in earnest with the first Democratic primary debates. With 20 candidates taking the stage over the next two nights — and more watching from the sidelines — there will be little time to ad

Last week, Donald Trump officially announced his reelection campaign. He made the announcement with all the same rage, fear, and scapegoating he did in 2016. He’s hoping the same playbook will work again, including the Russian interference. But

Yesterday was an important reminder that any progress we make to improve our elections has to be rigorously defended.   In this case, racially drawn districts in Virginia had been ruled unconstitutional by a lower court. And yet

Great news out of New York City! Thanks to the efforts of electoral reform advocates in New York, ranked choice voting (RCV) will be on the ballot in the city this November.   Now, the power is in the hands of the people as New

Over the past two years Trump has hosted Viktor Orban from Hungary, Recep Tayyip Erdogan from Turkey, and Jair Bolsonaro from Brazil, at the White House. He’s invited Xi Jinping, Rodrigo Duterte, and Vladimir Putin to come as well. And, of cours

Almost 75 years ago, American soldiers, joined by allies from across the globe, stormed the beaches of Normandy in a push to defeat the spread of tyranny and genocide. Soldiers of different races, religions, and cre

After two years, Americans finally have the chance to read the results of Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation for themselves. Mueller’s report details a “sweeping and systemic” attack on our elections by the Russian government, the Tru