Matt Ford

There's too much at stake for Democrats to take half-steps.

What would it sound like if someone proposed the Electoral College for the first time today?

Their radically different approaches to the filibuster prove that the two candidates are different sorts of radicals.

Some leftist thinkers are too pessimistic about the fate of liberal values in the age of Trump.

A judge has finally questioned the FBI's terrorism watch list. But so much else that followed the attacks is now an accepted part of American life.

Donald Trump and Boris Johnson rely on weaknesses in the system to enact promises which aren't popular.

The corruption and incompetence of this administration has led to a grotesque theft of Americans’ precious time and energy.

Having failed in its first effort to subvert democracy, the Trump administration has found subtler means to achieve its end.

What the "30-50 feral hogs" meme reveals about Americans' twisted view of our relationship with wildlife.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is the biggest impediment to reducing mass death in America.

Biden seems to believe that everything in America was rosy until Trump took office, and he's offering himself as a time machine.

The president's slurs and his administration's policies are an attack on U.S. democracy itself—all in a desperate bid to cling to power.

He and several other candidates have issued plans that appear ambitious only because America's system is so broken.

How a long-standing Supreme Court precedent is hindering constitutional challenges of partisan gerrymandering.

His planned raid against undocumented immigrants on Sunday recalls some of the darkest chapters in American history.

The labor secretary botched the Jeffrey Epstein case a decade ago—then he botched his chance to admit his mistakes. His boss must be proud.

If he really cares about reforming American democracy, he shouldn't blow his money on a doomed presidential bid.

The Supreme Court justice had no patience for a legal challenge to a huge Christian cross maintained with taxpayer dollars.

Why does he think Republicans will work with him after they obstructed Obama for eight years? His praise of a segregationist offers a clue.

The Justice Department has never prosecuted a president after he leaves office. Kamala Harris wants to change that. What could go wrong?