Media Guides: Covering Political Violence
Covering political violence and violent extremism can be a fraught endeavor for the media. Guidance for political violence reporting.
June 18, 2024
Unraveling the Rise of Mass Voter Challenges
How voter challenge laws are being abused to disrupt the election process.
June 17, 2024
The impoundment threat, explained
Trump’s position is wrong. There is no inherent power to impound. The history of presidential impoundments make this clear.Â
June 13, 2024
The civil service, explained
The civil service is the civilian workforce of the U.S. federal government, currently numbering about 2.2 million employees.
June 11, 2024
Trump’s Schedule F plan, explained
In October 2020, the Trump Administration issued an executive order that would have stripped protections from civil servants perceived as disloyal.
June 11, 2024
Protect Democracy Supports Three Bipartisan Bills on Federal Elections and AI
On May 15th, Protect Democracy submitted a letter of support regarding three bipartisan bills, that seek to safeguard the integrity of elections amidst rapid advances in artificial intelligence.
May 15, 2024
Can Proportional Representation Create Better Governance?
Policy outcomes, accountability, and stability under different electoral systems.
May 2, 2024
National Security Leaders Weigh in on Unconventional Domestic National Guard Deployments in 2024
On April 29, Count Every Hero convened retired high-ranking military officials and former senior defense officials to discuss the recent surge in state directed National Guard deployments.
April 30, 2024
Why do we need political parties?
Political parties are unpopular with the American public, but they're also a necessary building block of democracy.
April 19, 2024
Checking the Pardon Power: Areas of Abuse
To determine whether a president abuses the pardon power requires assessing whether a pardon violates constitutional provisions or principles and thus upsets the constitutional order.
April 11, 2024