Why did the conservative supermajority align with the president, and what consequences might it face for its choices?

Attorneys at Squire Patton Boggs examine the historical and structural aspects of the U.S. presidency that reveal it is among the least democratic features of the Constitution, and note that arguably ...

The think tank seems to have veered far from its original mission and namesake not because of its funders, but in spite of them.The post How the Israel Democracy Institute ...

How can we fix American democracy? Preserving our democracy is as urgent a task as ever, but the question is how. Democracy is getting to be one of those words that, at least in our day-to-day ...

SAN DIEGO — Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) thinks Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) ambitious plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterm elections is a lesson in political greed.

Jordan Klepper, best known for his political satire, argues that democracy’s biggest threat isn’t corruption — it’s exhaustion. In this TED Talk, he uses humor to expose how misinformation, apathy, ...

Speaking with democracy activists recently from Hungary and Poland, former President Barack Obama warned about the “rising wave of authoritarianism sweeping the globe,” even in countries once believed ...

Younger generations are justifiably critical of a government that has saddled them with this debt burden, and many of them have lost faith in the capitalist system. A recent survey by the CATO ...

Once again, Republicans in the Missouri legislature have shown that they have no respect for the voters in Missouri, or democracy. An article in the News-Leader on Sept. 9 detailed how they are ...

Senate Majority Leader Tony Luetkemeyer, a Parkville Republican, stands next to Senate President Pro Tem Cindy O'Laughlin, a Shelbina Republican, as discussion continued in the Senate chambers ...

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe walks up to a lectern before a news conference at the governor’s office in Jefferson City in May 2025. Jonathan Shorman The Kansas City Star Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe on Friday ...