Democrats are fighting fire with fire over redistricting – but will democracy burn? Trump’s plan to boost Republican House seats in the midterms through gerrymandering has provoked a reaction The Guardian - US · Aug 15, 2025
Can Free Markets Win Votes in the New GOP? As the party grows more populist, ethnically diverse, and working class, will Republicans abandon their libertarian economic principles? Reason · Feb 3, 2024
House speakership battle underscores election-denying Republicans’ power The speaker race – featuring leading candidates who tried to overturn the 2020 election – is setting off alarms for the future of democracy The Guardian - US · Oct 11, 2023
Leftists: Don't destroy yourselves! The far-left bromance with RFK Jr. is only helping Trump. Remember how left-wing purity worked out in the 1930s? Salon · Sep 30, 2023
Francis Wilkinson: Poor voters are losing out in the culture wars The federal government says that 38 million Americans live in poverty. In addition, tens of millions live above the poverty line but in more or less permanent financial insecurity. Who represents the interests of all these people? Tribune News Service · Mar 2, 2023
Partisan ‘doom loop’? The answer is more parties, this group says WASHINGTON — There are two kinds of people who, upon deep and earnest reflection, really believe Washington just doesn’t work. The first are the kind of right-wing populists who enthusiastically flocked to Donald Trump in 2016, chanted “Lock her up!” with sincerity, and think the 2020 election was stolen. Tribune News Service · Apr 9, 2022
Partisan ‘doom loop’? The answer is more parties, this group says - Roll Call Fix Our House argues that proportional representation is the key to ending gerrymandering and shaking up congressional inaction. Roll Call · Apr 8, 2022
Lynn Schmidt: Americans aren't in a party mood (politically speaking) American voters have been trying to tell political parties and elected officials what they want, and perhaps more importantly, what they don’t want. The question remains, will they ever listen? Will things ever change? St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jan 26, 2022