Ross Bogen

Intro Even if you're not greatly interested in constitutional issues, you probably know about the Citizens United case that loosed the flood of corporate “dark money” currently overwhelming our elections, and want to something about it. You probably also believe, as Americans have been told since the Supreme Court ruling in 2010, that only a constitutional amendment – or the Court itself – could reverse it. It turns out, as a group of “crosspartisan” democracy activists in Montana discovered...

Ross Bogan reflects on Ezra Klein’s recent New York Times article and the Democrats’ looming decision over a government shutdown. With authoritarianism advancing and the stakes higher than ever, will Democrats finally stop pretending this is normal?

After a year of setbacks, where does the Democratic Party go from here? Ross Bogen explores the latest data, commentary, and strategy questions facing the left — and what it’ll take to earn back trust.