Where states are rolling back voting rights and why automatic voter registration could be the answer.

Differences of opinion are certainly important, but at some point the question of how inclusive the dominant society must be to the concerns of different people will have to move beyond the realm of personal preference.

2016 will likely be remembered for a deeply polarizing presidential election that brought out huge numbers of voters. It should also be remembered for massive voter disenfranchisement.

President Obama can still be a force for progressive change.

Today President Obama fulfilled his constitutional duty by nominating Judge Merrick Garland to succeed Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court. Now the question is whether U.S. Senators will do their jobs.

The U.S. Supreme Court has become friendly turf for the powerful.

The campaign money chase makes the sliver of Americans who donate large sums the most important citizens.

Same Day Registration is powerful means to reduce the barriers to voting, by making registration and voting a one-stop process that doesn’t depend on navigating confusing pre-election deadlines.

Buckley gave us the dubious principle that unlimited spending on elections is a form of “free speech.”

Sec. Hillary Clinton correctly noted the importance of the next president’s power to appoint Supreme Court justices. On no issue is this more true than on money in politics.