Predictable turnover on the high court would improve its stability and accountability, and the justices would still be safe ...

What if political parties are a big part of the answer? I know, I know. You have mixed feelings about parties. So did James ...

Summary: Young adults participate in politics and their communities far more than they are given credit for — and in ways that often go unrecognized. National legislation and educational policy ...

The drop-off in participation by Black men under 50 highlights how elections increasingly reflect white voices over voices of color. To fully explore these dynamics, we’ll need to wait until the ...

A new Brennan Center survey finds that large majorities of Republicans, Democrats, and independents share deep-seated concerns about government corruption, which most voters define broadly and blame ...

You’re reading The Briefing, Michael Waldman’s weekly newsletter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. I’ve written that corruption is the sleeper issue of 2026. Well, it’s awake. And the issue may ...

President Donald Trump’s March executive order on elections has made headlines and drawn legal challenges, including from the Brennan Center. But the order is only part of his administration’s harmful ...

Lauren-Brooke Eisen is the senior director and Ram Subramanian is the managing director of the Brennan Center’s Justice Program. They describe a new initiative to fundamentally change the experience ...

An increasingly familiar story played out earlier this month when the Supreme Court issued yet another after-hours “shadow docket” order undermining voting rights. This time, the order put a hold on a ...

New York, NY – Gaps in local-federal intelligence sharing systems jeopardize national security investigations and threaten Americans’ civil liberties, according to a new Brennan Center report.

Since the Supreme Court largely deregulated election spending in 2010 in Citizens United, wealthy donors and special interests have pumped more and more money into the political process. Small donor ...

This article first appeared at Just Security. In a previous pos t, I described the political landscape for this year’s Section 702 reauthorization debate and noted the view of most observers that ...