Election Rigging and the Decline of American Democracy

Formally democratic institutions can be severely weakened by those willing, even eager, to betray democratic principles in order to maintain power.

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Could Florida's Youth Tip The Scales In 2018 Midterms?

In 2014, less than a quarter of the students at University of Florida voted. Now, “I really do see a shift happening. Many students are eager to vote,” a current student said.

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Groundbreaking Youth Climate Lawsuit Against U.S. Government Can Proceed

A federal judge has rejected the Trump administration's last-ditch efforts to derail a landmark constitutional climate lawsuit brought by 21 youth plaintiffs. The trial start date is Oct. 29 in Eugene, Oregon.

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Maine’s Radical Universal Home Health Care Proposition

The Maine People’s Alliance, a grassroots organization, collected 67,000 signatures to get a measure on the November ballot that would provide home health care to all Maine residents.

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Legalizing Recreational Marijuana, Canada Begins a National Experiment

Canada on Wednesday became the first major world economy to legalize recreational marijuana, beginning a national experiment that will alter the country’s social, cultural and economic fabric, and present the nation with its biggest public policy challenge in decades.

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Transgender Self-ID Law Raises Passions, and Conflict, in the U.K.

The British government this week is weighing controversial changes to the existing Gender Recognition Act, asking the public whether they believe trans people should be allowed to “self-ID.”

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No More Crime and Punishment: The National Prison Strike of 2018, Part I

Depending how you look at it, our country's prison system is either a raging success – helping line the pockets of prison investors and those gaining from cheap prison labor – or a total failure.

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Banking on the Future of Los Angeles: Why We Need Charter Amendment B

Angelenos are no longer interested in business-as-usual politics. They want to see progressive reforms in the people’s best interest — and creating a public bank is the clearest example of that.

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Dear Aunt Lydia: Women Raping Women in the Era of #MeToo

Today’s conservative Republican Trumpian women are actually aroused and sadistically satisfied by white male patriarchy and entitlement.

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Changing the Constitution Can't Be the Strategy—Yet

Yes, progressives should try to change the “rules of the game.” But such change is properly seen as a way to consolidate political power that has already been won.

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