Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Government has a way of misplacing power. It gives too much to one branch, then ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On Tuesday, exactly two weeks after the November 5 election, the ...

Virginia Republicans are taking aim at a Democratic state lawmaker who played a key role in pushing through congressional redistricting in the state and is now running for newly drawn U.S. House seat.

The last few weeks have put in full display the level of chaos and dysfunction of the Eric Adams’ administration. So it is quite rich that this mayor, indicted for corruption and already deeply ...

Then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) is flanked by Sens. John Thune (R-South Dakota), left, and John Cornyn (R-Texas) on Capitol Hill in October 2017. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) Even ...

President Donald Trump issued an executive order aiming to standardize federal election procedures across states. The order has drawn criticism from voting rights groups and some election officials, ...

“In the midst of a five-count federal indictment, Mayor Adams is rushing to ask New Yorkers at the ballot for more power and less oversight.” In the complex ecosystem of New York City’s governance, ...

Former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke and other Texas Democrats rallied in Fort Worth Saturday in opposition to Republican efforts to redraw the state’s congressional districts — including lawmakers who fled ...