As national issues increasingly dominate local politics, the downsides of our federalist system may be outweighing the virtues.

Republicans could be poised to return veto-proof majorities in the state houses. Goodbye, abortion rights. So long, voting rights.

The fact that Congress may not respond to another devastating school shooting is down to the GOP’s ability to skillfully avert the will of the people.

Built-in dysfunction is the only reason the vast majority of Americans cannot exert their will to limit the everyday carnage of mass shootings.

A radical reimagining of the Constitution, dismissed by legal scholars as “rubbish,” may have found a receptive audience in the Supreme Court.

A TNR Live discussion on how the religious right’s well-funded strategists are aiming at Trump voters in 2024, and how we can stop them

Conservatives are suddenly hopping mad that their opponents decided to play the game by the GOP’s rules.

A former state party chairman discusses his new book, “Laboratories of Autocracy”—and whether Democrats can ever win in Ohio again.

Bipartisan redistricting commissions have failed to deliver the fair maps their proponents promised.

Republicans in state legislatures all across the country are slowly gaming the system to deprive voters of their power.

Ohio’s new district maps were supposed to be more democratic. Instead, they point to the possibility that democracy is broken.

The GOP-driven dysfunction of the Badger State is a window into the party’s illiberal plans for the country.

It starts with “F” and ends with “ilibuster.”

If we lose the fight to protect voting rights, we'll lose everything else, too.

Fueled by the desire to suppress the vote and find end runs around the popular will, Republicans across the country are working to deform the state judiciary.

Having given up on being a party for which a majority of Americans might vote, the GOP looks to further tilt the playing field in their favor.

Thanks to gerrymandering, Congress’ lower chamber is a distorted representation of the American people. Here’s a remedy.

Politicians love to bluster about saving “our democracy”—without acknowledging all the ways it’s broken.

The presidential race may be a toss-up in North Carolina, but the Democratic governor is cruising to reelection. What’s he doing right?

How the GOP keeps cheating its way into power—and may get away with it again in 2020