An on-the-ground report on the movement trying to rewrite the Constitution—and arm supporters along the way

For 33 years, the retiring Vermont senator and a top aide have quietly but doggedly been working to bind the many wounds of a war that touched the lives of nearly every Vietnamese family. This is what public service is.

Unless voters wake up—and Democrats wake them up—we’re on the verge of permanent, minoritarian, single-party rule.

Some post-Covid symptoms may be produced by the brain. Does that make them any less real?

A look back from the future at how it all went so wrong

The problem isn’t “polarization.” The problem is white supremacy.

It’s also an individual one.

Maybe the United States was doomed from the start. And Jean-Jacques Rousseau can explain why.

The way to a stronger democracy starts with reforming our massive criminal justice system.

Fixing gerrymandering isn’t enough to build an equitable, multiracial society. We need dialogue.

Alas, we can’t fix this democracy without amending the U.S. Constitution. The process for that is almost impossible.

How many rich moderates would join the MAGA far right if redistribution policies threatened their wealth?

Amid the threats of climate change and civil war, the “solidarity dividend” benefits everyone.

Structural reforms like ranked-choice voting could take decades. The right leader could expedite the process and save the republic in the meantime.

Responsive organizing is essential to achieving policy reform.

We asked 12 writers for their predictions—and recommendations for how to save democracy.

Czechoslovakia’s “Velvet Divorce” offers a model for dealing with America’s irreconcilable differences.

Politicians and pundits across the political spectrum warn of a return to the decade of stagflation, urban decay, and labor mutiny. Their solution? The failed policies of the 1970s.

Over the last half-century, economics has infiltrated parts of the federal government where it has no business intruding. It can be a useful tool for policymaking, but it’s become the only tool. It’s time for economics to back the hell off.

How John Roberts lost control of the Supreme Court