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March 7, 2022
Osita Nwanevu
American Democracy Is Broken. Can Proportional Representation Fix It?
A proposal to reform House elections and give more power to the people is gaining traction with activists. Now they just have to convince the electorate to fight for it.
June 7, 2021
Michael Tomasky
Yes, Take This Seriously: It’s Time to Kill the Senate
The upper body of Congress has become a colossal wreck where democracy goes to die.
February 15, 2021
Osita Nwanevu
Arizona’s Democratic Senators Are Already Angering the Left
The activists who sent Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema to Washington aren’t happy with their early moves in office.
January 20, 2021
Osita Nwanevu
The Hard Truth About Joe Biden
He’s not singlehandedly going to heal a broken nation. But there’s still a future to fight for.
January 19, 2021
Osita Nwanevu
Murder the Filibuster and Never Look Back
It’s the only way to banish Trumpism and fix American democracy in earnest.
October 2, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
The Anti-Filibuster Armies Are Mounting Up
A small universe of activists have no intention of letting Biden’s affection for Senate norms capsize his agenda.
April 29, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
It’s Time to Build a Better Political Culture
Our civic life has become a vast desert, devoid of nerve or imagination, and it’s slowly killing us.
September 13, 2019
Matt Ford
Sanders and Warren Plot Their End Run Around the Senate
Their radically different approaches to the filibuster prove that the two candidates are different sorts of radicals.
September 5, 2019
Osita Nwanevu
The Grassroots Battle to Save Democracy
As Democrats ponder a number of necessary governmental reforms, an army of progressive organizations is building support among the electorate.
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