….. A republic answers the question: "How is government organized?" In a republic, political power belongs to the public rather than a monarch. Citizens govern through representatives operating under the rule of law.
Democracy answers a different question:"Where does government derive its legitimacy?"
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Election integrity is central to a functioning democracy and is fiercely upheld by non-partisan appointees, clerks, poll workers, and other volunteers throughout the state. President Trump and other conservative commentators who critique the 2020 and (preemptively) 2024 elections invoke misinformation, disinformation, and partisan pressure to threaten this democratic institution.
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I’m thrilled to share my New York Times op-ed today drawing on my forthcoming book, This Is the Plan: How to End America’s Meltdown and Save Democracy—and to pull back the curtain on my book tour.
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New reporting from Up North News exposes the extent to which D.C. and wealthy donors have changed Derrick Van Orden in a short period of time from a candidate who ran on bipartisanship to a congressman who needs little convincing to vote in lockstep with Republican party leadership.
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My fellow Wisconsin Democrats,
It’s Sarah Godlewski here, and I’m stepping in this week with a special message as WisDems First Vice Chair. I want to take a moment to speak directly to you about what is happening in our state.
In Wisconsin, water is more than a resource; it is the lifeblood of our health and our heritage.
Read MoreIt was the Whitlam government who established, more than 50 years ago, the pluralist, multi-cultural and diverse society that is modern Australia and in which, to date, most Australians have taken pride. The assumption that immigrants to Australia need not divest their loyalty to and love for family and community from whence they came in order to build a new life as Australians, was fundamental to Whitlam’s understanding of what multiculturalism entails.
Read More“Teenagers care passionately about many issues currently happening, and have a desire to make real change. When I talk to my peers at Memorial, they express concern about war in Iran, ICE agents terrorizing immigrants, and education cuts. Kids our age have been taught the pillars our nation were built on and they see them being torn down, which concerns them. “
Read MoreRep. Tom Tiffany and other Republican lawmakers are pushing the Make Elections Great Again (MEGA) and SAVE Acts, legislation that would impose new “show your papers” requirements for voter registration. This effort is not about protecting election integrity—it is about restricting voter access based on a problem that doesn’t exist.
Read MoreStanding in the clump of people, snow in my shoes and fingers freezing around the paper sign I had been handed on my way out the door, I finally had the chance to realize how incredibly proud of my school I was at that moment. There were over a hundred kids, maybe two hundred at the peak of the afternoon, all talking, discussing, raising their voices, holding their signs, faces and fingers growing red from the cold.
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Dear JONAH community,
Many of us are feeling shaken and raw after the news of large-scale ICE officers’ activity in Minneapolis, reports of enforcement actions here in Eau Claire, and the killing of a motorist during one of the operations in Minneapolis. Even without every detail, we know this much: people are afraid, and a life has been lost in a system that is supposed to protect the public.
That should stop us in our tracks.
Read MoreIn 2026, I think that for anyone who cares about politics, the greatest and most important thing they can do is to do just that–Bring life back into all those tasks that you do. Find something that re-ignites your passion in politics and civics.
Read MoreRight now, even though the presidential election is three years away, what we do now matters. The way we handle our current president’s policies, the way we protest, the way we speak, the campaigns we run in between, it all matters greatly.
Read MoreI think it’s uncomfortable to make up your own mind when the older people around you are guiding you in a certain direction, when you’ve grown up listening to the same thing over and over again, when your friends all go to the same worship and believe what they’ve been told consistently, every week of their whole lives. It’s only natural that so many kids’ views reflect their environment. How else can you form an opinion on the unknown?
Read MoreEver since I was old enough to remember, my dad and I have been talking about taking a trip to the Boundary Waters at the Canadian border. He’s told me endless stories about the many trips he’s taken, fishing all day long and canoeing through water that was so clean you could drink it straight out of the lake.
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The America that I love, the one that I’m willing to stand up for every morning for the Pledge of Allegiance, that America doesn’t measure the worth of people based on how much wealth they create or what their perceived importance to society is.
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