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  • Letters From an American
    Danger to Democracy
    November 20, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    Trump's team is making no pretense that Trump is the choice of a majority of voters-- Biden is ahead by almost 6 million votes. Rather, they are trying to game the Electoral College.

  • Letters From an American
    Biden Moves Ahead
    November 18, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson
    While the Trump administration spins.
  • Fight to Vote
    Guns at the Polls
    October 28, 2020
    | Tom Perkins
    Michigan court sides with gun advocates to reverse firearm ban at polls
  • Moyers on Democracy
    While We Were Social Distancing
    May 22, 2020

    With mounting deaths and unemployment at Depression-era highs there’s even more news flying under the radar. The team at BillMoyers.com brings you the news you need to know — some of it good, some of it outrageous, all of it important — that’s been covered up by COVID-19.

  • Democracy & Government
    What Trump's Attacks on Mail-In Voting Reveal About the President
    May 21, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson
    Trump threatens to pull state funds to stop mail-in voting in Michigan and Nevada, which he can't do. But his problem is not mail-in ballots. He's falling behind in the polls.
  • Democracy & Government
    Step One: Redraw the Maps. Step Two: Win Elections. Step Three: Suppress the Vote.
    May 15, 2020
    In Slay the Dragon, a new documentary from Participant Media, we learn how a secret Republican project called REDMAP redrew congressional districts and guaranteed victory.
  • Democracy & Government
    How Does a Political Party Get Fewer Votes But Still Win Elections? Gerrymandering on Steroids
    May 13, 2020
    New techniques in districting allow legislators to essentially pick their voters, instead of the other way around. And in 2010, Republicans in several states redrew maps that guaranteed victory.
  • Democracy & Government
    How Gerrymandering 'Got Out of Control' in 2010 and Why It Matters Today
    May 11, 2020
    It has been a long held tradition in American politics that every 10 years, the party in control of state houses would use gerrymandering to redraw districts in their favor for the next election. But in 2010, something different happened.
  • Democracy & Government
    New Anti-Protesting Legislation: A Deeper Look
    March 7, 2017
    | Traci Yoder
    It's important not to let the wave of state bills trying to criminalize protests frighten us away from pushing back at every level.
  • Economy & Work
    The Big Stitch: Making America Good Again 
    December 19, 2016
    | Tyler Bush
    A teacher in a struggling steel town reflects on the kind of education the next generation needs.


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