Progressive Voices Speaking Out
If you were divorced in 1876 and were considering re-marriage next year, do you really think that voters in the state in which you live would be the proper authority to determine whether or not it is a good idea? Well, if you add the interests of a billionaire to the equation, this is precisely what you get, at least in Missouri.
Republican governors, state legislators and secretaries of state have become shameless in their attempts to reverse the results of legitimately passed ballot initiatives. What
On November 6, 2018, nestled on the ballot between three other amendments to the Missouri Constitution, four statewide propositions and a bunch of local
When it comes to future elections, Donald Trump seems blind to them as he continues to litigate his electoral victory over Hillary Clinton in
If I have counted correctly, at least 31 legislators in 24 states resigned in disgrace [or should have] in 2017. This development is shocking,
I remember that Barack Obama, upon leaving office, said that one of his post-presidency goals was to reform our democracy. He seemed to have
It may be that I’m romanticizing the past, but I feel so fortunate that when I was younger I had limited exposure to organized
I recently had two experiences which crystallized why I think that so many Americans, particularly younger ones, do not understand the importance of the
Has Donald Trump made good on his campaign’s populist message? If you believe that populism means advocating for the interests of ordinary people over
As both Democrats, some Republicans and backers of third-party candidates look for ways to tweak the Electoral College for a different outcome to the