gerrymandering

The system that is nobody’s first choice.

Eric Foner reviews two new books that make the case against the Electoral College.

The 50-year effort to advance a conservative legal agenda.

West Virginians left Virginia to ensure that the people's voices were heard, not to benefit special interests at the expense of democracy.

And why we need another one.

There’s no consensus on abolishing the Electoral College, which has countered the popular vote in two of the past five presidential elections.

A series of interactive maps showing the results of nearly two centuries of congressional elections.

How voter suppression became a political weapon in American politics.

In 1858, Lincoln warned that America could not remain “half slave and half free.” The threat today is as existential as it was before the Civil War.

The Supreme Court is about to take up another blockbuster voting rights case. At its core is a struggle over the limits of history.