Sixty years ago this summer, Congress enacted the nation-transforming Voting Rights Act. Soon, however, Congress and a ...

The Supreme Court justices gave an ominous prelude to next term, when voting rights — another pillar of a strong democracy — ...

Open primaries create fine opportunities for citizens who are registered as independents or unaffiliated voters to vote for either Democrats or Republicans in primary elections, but they tacitly under ...

A new Catawba-YouGov poll shows that Trump’s job approval rating is underwater in the state he carried three times, including ...

Brazilians held a lot of hope for democracy after the military dictatorship. But the past 40 years have proved that democracy ...

Wisconsin is moving toward a less extreme budget even as Trump pushes for huge safety net cuts and militarized immigration ...

Democrats have gone from woke to broke because they’re too afraid of their own voters to speak the truth. Good, let them go broke, and let them rot. It couldn’t happen to a nicer, more deserving group ...

This is part of SCOTUSblog’s term in review series, in which scholars analyze some of the most significant cases of the 2024-25 Supreme Court term. The best that can be […] ...

Opinion: It has been three years since Roe fell. Abortion is healthcare. Bodily autonomy is a human right. Pregnancy should ...

A new report from the University of East Anglia has raised concerns about the state of democracy around the world during 2024 ...

As we prepare to enjoy fireworks over the lake or at a suburban venue close to home, there’s another day we Illinoisans have come to recognize every year: New Tax Day, which we observe every July 1.