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Let Me Be Blunt: They’re Making America Smaller

Rights Act has been a symbol of a democracy inclusive of all Americans. I was four years … harder for some Americans to participate in our democracy. This week, after chipping away at the Voting Rights

Let Me Be Blunt: Democracy at a Crossroads

costly hurdles just to participate in our democracy. All this begs the question: What is the SAVE America … stand together and protect the bedrock of our democracy: the right to vote. I know which

Know a 17-Year-Old? They May Be Eligible to Vote

most important ways we take part in our democracy. For many young people, casting a first ballot

Four Years of War

years of Ukrainians fighting for their independence, their democracy, and their survival. Russia started this war. Russia alone … able to count on their friends. When a democracy is attacked, free nations have a responsibility to stand

Let Me Be Blunt: A Tragedy in Minneapolis

reflect, and recommit to the future of our democracy. Tuesday evening, I took to the Senate floor

Let Me Be Blunt: Hope Starts Here!

conversation with Congresswoman McBride. In Defense of American Democracy Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley held the Senate floor … actions of the Trump administration that threaten American democracy. I was proud to join him Wednesday afternoon

Stand up, speak out to defend our democracy from a would-be tyrant

A Pathway Home

fifty-year experiment with corporate influence in our democracy, contrary to the plain wisdom of the Founders

Oligarchy in America

make and execute laws. The assumption of a democracy is that individuals have dignity and rights that they … such thing as an America, or Americans, or democracy, or citizens, and they act accordingly. Now that

Where we are right now.

applying heavy pressure to the guardrails of American democracy.  What’s happening in DC will have real effects … always wanted to destroy the U.S. government, because democracy leads us forward, away from old, familiar prejudices. Corporate