A strange case in Tennessee got my attention. Now it's before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, as the judges consider whether a politica...
William Bradley | Posted 03.31.2012
The California Republican Party put most of its remaining marbles on a desperate bid to derail the Citizens Redistricting Commission. That effort ended in abject failure on Friday.
Harry Kresky | Posted 03.13.2012
If the White House only resists the partisanship of the Republicans, and never challenges the partisanship of both parties, it can have a hollow ring.
Deepak Chopra | Posted 02.18.2012
Since it is based on the Greek word for stealing, the term "kleptocracy" sounds inflammatory. But as income gaps open up wider and wider, there is evidence of a serious rift in American democracy, and in that rift one finds untold greed, corruption, and cronyism.
Ann Lee | Posted 02.12.2012
Education is the most important foundation that the U.S. can invest in, and test scores across the country are rapidly falling behind the rest of the world. Instead of having children aspire to become reality television stars.
Larry Ottinger | Posted 02.04.2012
Political reform is urgently needed, and it is critical that we get it right. We must restore public trust in government in order to -- as Dr. King said -- "make real the promise of democracy."
AP | By CRISTIAN SALAZAR | Posted 12.09.2011
NEW YORK -- To veterans of past social movements, the Occupy Wall Street protests that began in New York and spread nationwide have been a welcome res...
Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 12.05.2011
Durkee may be the Bernie Madoff of California Democrats, having allegedly embezzled from hundreds of campaign accounts. While it might be tempting to view this as an isolated case, the problem cuts much deeper.
Steven Hill | Posted 07.07.2011
In 2009, then-White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel infamously said that progressives are "fucking retarded." Lately I've begun to think he was corr...
Stephanie Rudat | Posted 05.25.2011
Ahmed Salah, an Egyptian journalist and activist who had survived torture while incarcerated in jail for pushing against the regime, brought his mission to the United States.
Edward Headington | Posted 05.25.2011
Given the corrosive nature of money in politics, it is important to limit the flow of the special interest spigot or at least create more opportunities for regular people to compete through public financing.
Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.25.2011
Does the Jordanian regime risk falling as has been the case in Tunisia and Egypt? No, demonstrator have not publicly called for the end of the monarchy.
Richard Eisendorf | Posted 05.25.2011
Are the people of Syria anti-American -- or is your regime anti-Syrian, Mr. Assad? As in Egypt and Tunisia, America is not the issue. You have erected a wall of injustice -- not against the U.S. or Israel, but against your own citizens.
Francine Hardaway | Posted 05.25.2011
Health care and real estate, two important areas of interest to the U.S. economy, are due for some big changes in 2011. What can we expect?
Harry Kresky | Posted 05.25.2011
Last week the California Supreme Court refused to issue an injunction blocking the implementation of Proposition 14 in several upcoming special electi...
Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011
State officials Thursday selected a handful of everyday Californians to tackle the politically incendiary task of redrawing the state's voting distric...
Edward Headington | Posted 05.25.2011
The least Californians can do is commit ourselves to fix a broken system through open primaries, redistricting reform and term limits modification.
Bob Edgar | Posted 05.25.2011
Sometimes history sneaks up on us. In the next two weeks, amid loud and - more than likely - inconclusive debates over tax cuts for the middle class, ...
Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.25.2011
Is China wrong to make economic reforms so slowly? Probably not. Despite having become the world's second largest economy, China is still a poor country on a purchase power parity (PPP) basis.
Jeffrey Abelson | Posted 05.25.2011
A disturbing story out of China compels me to resolve that when critiquing the state of American democracy, I will always bear in mind how fortunate I am to have been born in the U.S.A.
Robert L. Borosage | Posted 05.25.2011
The Wall Street Journal peered fearlessly today into the increasingly likely terror of an election that produces a Democratic President with larger Democratic majorities in Congress.
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011
While the nominating system probably should be reformed, doing that will not be simple. Most of the easy solutions to fixing the nominating system are neither easy nor solutions.
Harry Kresky | Posted 05.02.2012