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Jose Padua: Remember

Remember all ye tedious millionaires the bent
honeysuckle whose white flowers bloom in the
late spring. Remember the burden of the books
you burn…

May 25, 2024 · 10 Comments

Derrick Z. Jackson: Democracy Under Attack | Confronting Mounting Threats to US Election Workers

The Justice Department last month disclosed its accounting of more than 1,000 threats to election officials in the past year, with more than 100 of them meeting the threshold for a federal criminal investigation.

September 26, 2022 · 1 Comment

Michael Waldman: The GOP’s Next Coordinated Attempt to Steal an Election Won’t Be So Amateurish

Proponents of the Big Lie are removing obstacles to stealing elections in states around the country.

November 17, 2021 · 4 Comments

Ron Fein, Cindy Black: What Seattle Can Teach the Country About Fixing our Democracy

Seattle’s twin campaign finance reforms—democracy vouchers, and a ban on political spending by foreign-influenced corporations—have proven their merit.

November 4, 2021 · Leave a comment

Dawn Potter: The Marketing of American Individualism

On the morning after our most recent election debacle, I received a note from a bewildered Canadian friend: Not my place to comment, at least publicly, on another country’s political … Continue reading

December 19, 2014 · Leave a comment

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