I’ve spent years with men like the ones charged in a Michigan plot to kidnap the governor. They aren’t outsiders—they’re intimate products of American democracy.

The Black vote may have cost Democrats the election here in 2016. This year is poised to be different.

A well-funded Democratic group is wooing former union members whom liberals have long ignored.

For the first time in his presidency, his deceit is catching up to him.

The president needs to win Michigan again, but many of his supporters there hate the education secretary.

Georgia's "fetal heartbeat" bill never would have passed if the state legislature truly reflected the voters' political preferences.

Democrats have slowly started to win back seats at the state level. But ALEC is doing all it can to make sure it doesn’t matter.

The former vice president thinks his appeal with white working-class voters makes him the best Democrat to take on Trump. He's mistaken.

Eight years ago, the plan cost Democrats Congress. Now it’s going to help them take it back.

Opposition to the president in Orange County has boosted hopes of a wave election this fall. But Democrats need more than anti-Trump anger to win.

A new proposal outlines the way Democrats can make greater broadband access a reality.

The 200-year legal struggle that led to Citizens United and gave corporations the rights of people

Third-grade reading proficiency has plunged in the lead-poisoned city, setting off a debate about the possible causes.

No matter how he leaves the White House, we'll never be rid of Trump—and all that he represents about America.

Ravi Gupta is recruiting a fresh slate of candidates to take down Trump. But can a former Obama staffer forge a new path for Democrats?

An elite police squad was supposed to clean up the streets of 1970s Detroit. Instead, it terrorized African Americans, and turned the city into a battleground.

A declaration of independence from Trump's America.

Jill Stein and a ragtag team of computer experts decided to take America's elections to court. Here's how it all went wrong.