The Power of the Purse
Congress has the power of the purse, not the president. The Constitution gives Congress the authority to decide how much the federal government spends and for what purposes. While presidents and Congr...
3 Marras 20251h
Justice Weaponized
President Trump has done away with the Justice Department’s historic independence, firing career prosecutors and using the department to pursue his political enemies. Former DOJ leaders under Republic...
28 Loka 202542min
Paying for Power
We are living in a new era of corruption, one that combines personal self-dealing and vast funds pouring into the political process. Whether it’s the crypto industry dominating Congress, the world’s w...
16 Loka 202559min
Supreme Court Preview
This year’s Supreme Court term will be a historic one for the future of presidential power and our system of checks and balances. The Court has steadily chipped away at protections designed to make Am...
7 Loka 202543min
The Campaign to Undermine the Midterms
The Constitution gives states and Congress the power to run elections, and the president has virtually no role in the process. Yet President Trump ignored this fact and issued an executive order in Ma...
25 Syys 202552min
The Next Phase of the Fight
Challenges to democracy intensified over the summer. The National Guard deployed in California. The Supreme Court ruled on presidential power using the shadow docket. In Texas, an egregious gerrymande...
9 Syys 202547min
The Past, Present, and Future of the Voting Rights Act
In 1965, a nonviolent voting rights march in Alabama culminated in a brutal televised brutal attack by state police. The public outrage that followed prompted Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act, a...
26 Elo 202533min
Outbreak Behind Bars
In his new book Outbreak Behind Bars: Spider Bites, Human Rights, and the Unseen Danger to Public Health, physician and epidemiologist Dr. Homer Venters reveals the grave reality of how infections and...
20 Elo 202534min
