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Voters, democracy suffer from ugly mid-decade gerrymandering | OPINION

As Republicans’ mid-decade gerrymandering efforts push our increasingly fraught democracy through its latest stress test, it raises the very real question: do desperate times require desperate ... Read More

Shutdown deal reopens Democratic rift: From the Politics Desk

Over the weekend, a group of eight Senate Democrats teamed up with Republicans to vote to advance a measure that would reopen the government. The agreement still needs final approval in the Senate and ... Read More

Extremism is corrupting both parties. How far are Democrats, GOP willing to go? | Opinion

The Republican Party has been taken over by MAGA, but Democrats are now in danger of being consumed by the allure of socialism. Read More

A bright night for democracy as voters repudiate Trump’s scorched-earth policies | Editorial

The large turnouts for an off-year election showed voters were outraged and motivated by the president's overreach and failed policies. Read More

Local opinion: A reminder that we still live in a democracy

A democracy is defined as a system of government in which laws, policies, leadership, and major undertakings of a state are directly or indirectly decided by the “people.” What we have is a government ... Read More

Hamilton: Political violence undermines our democracy

Today, elected officials are often the targets of hateful messages on social media, which can escalate into violence. Town halls and public meetings can turn angry and chaotic. Researchers have ... Read More

How Can We Fix American Democracy?

Democracy is getting to be one of those words that, at least in our day-to-day political debates, has become essentially meaningless: Because you can’t be against it (openly, at least), whatever you ... Read More

Only Trump can end the government shutdown, U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin says | Opinion

As the federal government shutdown enters its 30th day ... shutdown is about to get real NK: If you don't manage to preserve the enhanced ACA subsidies, that's on top of all the policy changes in ... Read More

Trump Was Never a Kingmaker. Are Republicans Finally Seeing It?

The round table convenes to discuss what comes after the Democrats’ big wins — and whether the “red hat” coalition can recover. Read More

Antics of Ohio's play-dead Democrats has them once again pleading for crumbs | Opinion

Ohio Democrats might as be re-label the Roll-Over-and-Play-Dead Party. Recent antics have all but decided Ohio’s 2026 congressional election for Republicans. Read More