As the federal government goes into overdrive to dish out money to people and businesses, the Federal Reserve (FR) is buying up that new debt.
There is already more than
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a strain on American life and the democratic process. Voters want a meaningful say in the 2020 elections, but they don’t want to risk
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Sarat is a professor of jurisprudence and political science at Amherst College.
Responding to its place at the center of the coronavirus pandemic, New York
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The relatively new National Task Force on Election Crises has issued its concise but thorough guidance to states on how to plan for elections during
COVID-19, like many global crises and catastrophes bring change. Sometimes permanently, often temporarily. Change comes in both positive and negative garbs. But change never fails to force itself upon society
Richie is president and Daley a senior fellow at FairVote, a nonpartisan electoral reform group that promotes ranked-choice voting. This month Daley published "Unrigged: How Americans Are Battling Back
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Advocates of open government are sounding the alarm that local, state and federal officials are too quickly sacrificing public access to the cause of public
In his March 15 commentary, Sen. Angus King wishes Maine a Happy Birthday and another 200 years. He is certain history will repeat itself.
OK. What will he and Maine’
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic and devastating impact on American society and the economy. All 50 states and the president have declared a state of emergency, and over
As social distancing forces more isolation on an already fractured nation, one of the leading organizations behind civil dialogue is developing programming to keep people connected.
The National Conversation Project,
At a time when primary turnout is already taking a hit from the coronavirus, a new photo ID requirement in Kentucky looms as another deterrent from the polls this year.
Tallahassee, FL - In a stunning rebuke of the Repunlican and Democratic parties and Attorney General Ashley Moody, the Florida Supreme Court cleared the way for voters to decide whether
Shawn Griffiths
