Analysis

Sixty years after Bloody Sunday in Selma, civil rights activists’ progress in securing equal access to the ballot is being eroded by a widening racial turnout gap.

The groups and institutions that built our modern multiracial democracy are critical to sustaining it.

Overseas voters and the Brennan Center are asking a court to deny a losing candidate’s effort to rewrite election rules after ballots were legally cast.

Some critics say public funds are a target for corruption, but multiple interlocking oversight mechanisms can prevent and catch the rare attempts to abuse the system.

People are looking for ways to take action.

The decision to shutter the CFPB looks to be another example of the donor class holding sway over Washington.

The flawed system threatens the rights of Americans and foreigners alike. Sweeping changes are long past due.

Government employees have long protected the ballot from attacks. The president is preparing to fire many of them.

Many voters who cast a ballot in 2020 wouldn’t be able to provide documents proving their citizenship under the SAVE Act. And even many who have the documents would have to find a new way to register to vote.

The unitary executive theory upends our understanding of the Constitution.