Archive - If you can keep it

Authoritarianism’s short-termism trap

November isn’t just the endgame. It’s the start of whatever comes next

2 hrs ago • Ben Raderstorf

Britain's New Prime Minister Sees Proportional Representation as a Cure to Polarization

America needs a leader to champion similar electoral reforms in this country

Published on The UnPopulist • Jul 29

Our strategy to win

Organize, show up, prove, hold the line: what all of us can do to protect elections

Jul 24 • Anna Dorman and Aaron Baird

How to end the redistricting wars for good

As mid-cycle redistricting escalates, one reform would keep the maps from mattering

Jul 22 • Grant Tudor, Cyrena Kokolis, and Farbod Faraji

Here he goes again

Trump will use claims of foreign interference in 2020 to undermine the 2026 midterms

Jul 16 • Justin Florence and Ben Berwick

Getting the story straight

Why responsible reporting on political violence matters for the 2026 midterms

Jul 10 • Jennifer Dresden and Laura Livingston

The administration’s propaganda machine is aimed at the 2026 election

The federal government is now a superspreader of election lies

Jul 9 • Katie Schwartzmann and Rachel Goodman

Who are America’s keepers?

Its next 250 years depend on the same everyday Americans the first 250 did

Jul 3 • Carrick Moon and Alexis Nwatu

June 2026

The defining question of the 250th

Will one man get to keep us from having a say — or can we insist on real representation?

Jun 30 • Justin Florence and Alison Hirsh

How the pro-democracy movement is misreading Gen Z

This National Youth Takeover Day, let’s stop misdiagnosing young people as apathetic about democracy

Jun 27 • Lara Hicks and Michael A. Sandoval

The lies they need you to believe

From L.A. to Cleveland to our intel agencies the White House is sowing the seeds of election sabotage

Jun 12 • Jessica Marsden

Muzzling America’s workforce

How to comment right now on the proposed NDA for civil servants

Jun 10 • Jules Torti, Beth Littrell, and Ellinor Heywood

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