20 Questions That the Russia Investigation Should Answer
Is our system of checks and balances sufficiently robust to detect and prevent conflicts of interest? And 19 more questions the American public deserves answers to.
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First Look Shows Automatic Voter Registration Was a Success in Vermont
Vermont becomes the latest state to implement automatic voter registration, a reform that promotes political participation while keeping our elections secure. A first look at the numbers shows that more voters were brought into the process. -
The Justice Department Paints Violent Crime With Too Broad a Brush
The Justice Department finally recognized that crime is a local issue. But its new plan still gets urban crime wrong. -
Disclosure Gets Another Chance in Court
A federal case may once again uphold the power of citizens to hold secretive political spenders accountable. -
Congressional Investigations — Not Just Special Counsels — Strengthen Our Democracy
Special Counsels just assess possible criminal actions and are not public. And they take much longer than congressional probes. Congress can — and must — continue its inquiry. -
Bringing Whitford Into Focus
What you should know about one of the most pivotal cases in decades on how Congressional maps are drawn. -
What Trump Doesn't Get: Sessions Recusal from Russia Probe was Mandatory
Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ recusal from the Justice Department’s Trump-Russia investigation is necessary to ensure it proceeds with neither real nor perceived political interference. -
Fighting Terrorism Without Dividing Us: Why Congress Must Look Beyond Countering Violent Extremism
Counterterrorism programs and policies should be driven by objective data-driven analyses to ensure they are lawful, effective, and an efficient uses of security resources. -
Defeated Anti-Muslim Amendment a Sign of Trump’s Normalizing of Islamophobia
The Trump administration did not invent Islamophobia, but it has normalized the expression of anti-Muslim sentiment in our political discourse, and attempted to cement it in government policy. -
Palantir Contract Dispute Exposes NYPD’s Lack of Transparency
News that the New York Police Department (NYPD) is in a fight with Palantir Technologies over access to analytic data the company produced, raises a host of troubling questions.
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