Democracy Wire

Rachel Maddow talks about how Kansas is experiencing a mini-realignment and it's in part because of the need for real voting and political reform.

President Donald Trump is not listening to the US intelligence community and is making our families less safe. This opinion piece originally appeared in USA Today.

There’s an old political adage that says, “As California goes, so goes the nation.” Redistricting reform could be California's next big contribution to our political culture.

As this record-breaking government shutdown harms our economy and reputation in the world, the real hurt is felt by public servants in the federal workforce. It's time for us all to step up to help our neighbors. Lenny Mendonca has taken a leave from the Common Cause National Governing Board to serve as Chief Economic and Business Advisor to Gov. Gavin Newsome in California. He is Senior Partner Emeritus at McKinsey.

The Trump Administration is playing politics with Census 2020. That is the exact reason why a federal judge in New York has now delivered a major blow to Trump’s war on immigrants.