The Key to November? Be Fearlessly Pro-Democracy
Democracy is under assault, its flag is flying upside down and the conservative majority will not protect it.
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Democracy is under assault, its flag is flying upside down and the conservative majority will not protect it.
“I think it’s time we put a felon in the White House,” Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said, with a smirk to the camera.
We cannot survive as a democracy if only one party is willing to accept defeat.
Yes, the Supreme Court, another institution of democracy, bent to accommodate Donald J. Trump. Maybe it was the correct decision.
Maricopa County is an unfortunate example of how sheriff elections do not necessarily represent the will of the people.
The people who represent us impact our success personally and as a community in myriad ways.
With the fate of democracy hanging in the balance, we are left wondering whether the courts are up to the task of holding Trump accountable at all.
The Supreme Court docket is long, but for now, at least, it bent toward Trump.
It’s a tale as old as time in Ohio, but Republican officials are again using their authority to thwart efforts to expand the people’s power.
When Americans head to the polls this year, voters in 38 states — more than ever before — will have to confront a maze of voter ID laws.
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