To kick off the year, House Republicans reintroduced the SAVE Act, which would require every American to provide documentary ...

January 21, 2025, marks 15 years since the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, a controversial decision that reversed century-old campaign finance restrictions ...

Four years ago, January 6 joined 9/11 and December 7, 1941, as one of the darkest days in our history. The next date to watch ...

New population estimates from the Census Bureau suggest sharp gains and losses that could reshape the country’s politics after 2030. New population estimates from the Census Bureau point to ...

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You’re read­ing The Brief­ing, Michael Wald­­­­­man’s weekly news­­­­­­­­­let­ter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. Historians (if they still have them in the future) will see the 2024 election ...

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 ...

In this book excerpt, former FBI agent Mike German, who worked undercover in white supremacist and militia groups, issues a wake-up call about law enforcement’s dangerously lax approach to far-right ...

Mike German is a fellow in the Brennan Center’s Liberty and National Security Program, which seeks to ensure that the U.S. government respects human rights and fundamental freedoms in conducting the ...

Rewarding people who tried to ignite an insurrection turns the pardon power on its head. Pardoning them would be, as Brennan Center President Michael Waldman has said, a misuse of the president’s ...