Your Window to America
Your Window to America
National affairs, policy, and the forces shaping American democracy.
The Electoral College decides the American presidency, yet most voters never see it in action. Here is how the 538-vote system actually works, why the founders designed it, and why the debate over reforming it never quite goes away.
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As legacy newspapers shrink and news deserts spread, the decline of local journalism has become a civic story as much as a business one. Here is what was lost, what new models are emerging, and why the future of community news matters to democracy itself.
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The classroom flowchart of how a bill becomes law is accurate but wildly incomplete. From committee graveyards to midnight omnibus packages, here is how legislation actually moves, or stalls, in the modern Congress.
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The founders feared political parties, yet America has had exactly two major ones for over 160 years. A look at the history, the electoral math that locks the duopoly in place, and the reforms that could someday loosen its grip.
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Young Americans are routinely branded as politically apathetic, but the data tells a different story. From rising youth turnout to digital activism and mutual aid, here is how a new generation is redefining what civic engagement looks like.
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