Far from an excess of majority rule, American democracy has seen the rise of minority rule, with efforts to entrench it in… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
Nineteenth-century American politics were notoriously raucous, with frequent violence in and around elections. — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
If Citizens United has been an invaluable tool for the maintenance of entrenched wealth, Shelby County has been similarly vital for those… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
If Trump wins a second term, there is a real chance that it will empower presidential lawlessness of a kind that no… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
The transformation of the GOP into a parliamentary-style party primarily responsive to donors, right-wing activists, and conservative media is arguably the central… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
One of the most powerful crosscurrents to illiberalism in American life is a broad-minded and democratic egalitarianism. — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
The disturbing truth is that there's probably more sincerity than not in American politics. We may not want to believe it, but… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
The 2020 presidential election was arguably the most secure - and among the most scrutinized - in American history. — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
American chattel slavery was practically defined by the fundamental instability of Black families. The institution rested on the expropriation of the reproductive… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
From the Tea Party to Mitt Romney's '47 percent' to Trump's make-believe tales of fraud and illegal voting, Republicans treat Democratic voters… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
The Trump campaign's promise to detain and deport millions of immigrants, along with many American citizens, is a promise to plunge the… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
Actual threats to American democracy range from voter suppression and unaccountable 'dark money' to explicit efforts to engineer 'minority rule' in Washington… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
It is normal for political parties to be vigilant and aggressive about their electoral interests. But Trump and the GOP have gone… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
American presidents are moral leaders and role models as much as they're political leaders and heads of state - they are meant… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
Most of the time, when their standard-bearers can't close the deal with the voting public, American political parties move on. — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
The 2020 presidential election was arguably the most secure - and among the most scrutinized - in American history. — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share
Racial hysteria has been a part of many winning campaigns in our country. But it's rarely the only part. — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share
Texas's official hostility toward gender nonconforming children has had the predictable effect of pushing families out of the state in search of less hostile… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share
Trump was not helped by either of his impeachments, and there's no reason other than his own mythology to think that a trial and… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share
If 'The Lord of the Rings' is a cautionary tale about the desire for power and the use of power, then it is a… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share
By no means is Trump the first president or even the first Republican president to abuse the power of the office in an effort… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share
For liberals in particular, the idea that government is only hypocrisy and dysfunction is self-defeating and nihilistic. — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share
Nineteenth-century American politics were notoriously raucous, with frequent violence in and around elections. — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share
Trump did not win the 2016 presidential election solely on the votes of his base; he won it after he consolidated wavering Republicans and… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share
Trump's authoritarian instincts - his refusal to accept or even learn the rules of the constitutional system - are a huge part of the… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share
Americans tend to focus on external threats to our democracy: foreign adversaries wielding disinformation and subversion. But the most serious dangers have always come… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is notorious for his efforts to secure 'election integrity' through voter purges and other efforts to shrink the… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share
The ring, in 'The Lord of the Rings,' represents power in all of its terrible glory. — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share
As long as voting is voluntary, young people will likely always vote at lower rates than their older counterparts. — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share
