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Last Week Tonight Tackles Redistricting

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Last Week Tonight Tackles Redistricting

John Oliver and the team from Last Week Tonight did a hilarious, informative, and occasionally crude piece on gerrymandering on Sunday.

Governator Talks Gerrymandering Solutions

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Governator Talks Gerrymandering Solutions

Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger discussed how we can end gerrymandering on The Messy Truth with Van Jones last week.

Finding Common Ground on Democracy’s Future

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Finding Common Ground on Democracy’s Future

Common Cause national chair Robert Reich and Weekly Standard publisher Bill Kristol are longtime leaders on the left and right, respectively, of American politics. But they found plenty to agree on during a March 14 forum at Common Cause’s Washington D.C. office.

Nunes Quits House Committee’s Russia Probe

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Nunes Quits House Committee’s Russia Probe

House Intelligence Committee chair Devin Nunes, R-CA, this morning surrendered leadership of the committee’s investigation of Russia’s involvement in last year’s election.

LA Times Puts Trump Under the Microscope

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LA Times Puts Trump Under the Microscope

The Los Angeles Times is publishing an extraordinary series of editorials this week examining the Trump administration and the threats the paper’s editors believe it poses to our democracy.

Court Blocks Partisan, Racially-tinged Gerrymandering in Greensboro, NC

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Court Blocks Partisan, Racially-tinged Gerrymandering in Greensboro, NC

In a massive win for Greensboro, N.C. and its voters, a federal judge ruled Monday that city council districts drawn by the North Carolina state legislature in 2015 unconstitutionally discriminated against African-Americans and Democratic Party voters.

New Evidence That Trump’s ‘Blind Trust’ Is A Sham

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New Evidence That Trump’s ‘Blind Trust’ Is A Sham

President Trump’s promise to put his far-flung business empire in a blind trust, the better to ensure that his personal financial interests could never conflict with his obligation to serve the public interest, turns out to have been fake news. Bigly.

Gorsuch Nomination Moves Toward Historic Confrontation

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Gorsuch Nomination Moves Toward Historic Confrontation

Supreme Court appointments reverberate across the decades. But Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Trump's choice for the Supreme Court, is likely to have a major impact even before he takes the bench.

Deal With Bahrain Revives Questions About Trump’s Conflicts

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Deal With Bahrain Revives Questions About Trump’s Conflicts

President Trump’s promise of an “America First” policy has changed the tune of American politics. But the president’s acts raise questions about whether “America First” means a focus on US interests, or the interests of President Trump himself.

Another Red Flag on the Internet Privacy Bill

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Another Red Flag on the Internet Privacy Bill

A column in today’s Washington Post by Paul Ohm, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center and faculty director of the Georgetown Center on Privacy and Technology raises more red flags on congressional action this week that would permit internet service providers (ISPs) sell information about the browsing habits of their customers.

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