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He has seen it often enough, in other countries. He sees it now, in Minneapolis and beyond. “Our democracy is breaking down,” ...

The Justice Department has urged Minnesota to hand over voters’ private data. It is part of a national push that has raised ...

At "Conversation with the Community," New Hampshire voter Monica Joyal asks Sen. Maggie Hassan what she thinks her party's ...

Host Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks with Democracy Forward President and CEO Skye Perryman about the first year of the ...

Elections matter, but history shows they are not enough. Real democracy is built through organized civic power between ...

A forgotten 1939 experiment reveals why strongmen and leaderless drift fail—and why democracy survives only with disciplined, demanding leadership.

A newly prefiled bill for the 2026 legislative session, SB 21, would bar naturalized citizens from holding most political offices in Alabama. If passed, it would prohibit people like me from serving ...

President Donald Trump during a news conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, on Jan. 3, 2026, the day U.S. forced captured Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro Credit - Nicole ...

President Trump said Tuesday that Venezuela would begin handing over oil worth up to $3 billion that Trump would dole out “to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States.” On what legal ...