The conduct of Thursday’s by-election was disgraceful. Accredited election observers from Democracy Volunteers attending ...

Despite the recent political and civic turmoil, Americans must recommit to the core tenets of democratic liberalism in order ...

The recent government shutdown is just the latest reminder of dysfunction in American politics — stalemate, leaders unwilling to compromise and citizens left to pay the price. But beyond gridlock lies ...

The League of Women Voters’ mission is essential and urgent: Empowering Voters, Defending Democracy. At a time when our election system is being questioned, distorted and misrepresented from many ...

Today we live in a country where young mothers are gunned down in the street by marauding government goon squads. If Americans don't take to the streets now, we have no right to the freedoms that ...

Democracy doesn’t fall overnight — it’s chipped away, decision by decision. The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Sept. 8 in Vasquez Perdomo v. Noem is one of those decisions that left a piece of our ...

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Americans aren’t used to having to defend democracy. It’s just been a given for so long. After all, it’s the country’s 249th birthday. But now, with experts warning that US democracy may break down in ...

A woman holds up a placard during a candlelight vigil where 37-year-old Alex Pretti was fatally shot by immigration agents last week, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 28, 2026. (Photo by ROBERTO ...