Akron officials unveiled a new landmark commemorating a well-known Sojourner Truth speech Wednesday — 173 years since Truth gave the address at the Woman's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio.

"We all get poorer as our democracy gets weaker," says author Rob Moore who has studied fair districts, fought to stop gerrymandering and now has studied how a decline in democracy hurts economies.   Read the Ohio Capital Journal article

A record 50-year filibuster in the Missouri Senate blocked passage of a proposal to eliminate the majority rule that has defined Missouri’s citizen initiative process for more than a century. If the two chambers had agree on final language f

Before the Missouri General Assembly adjourns Friday, some legislators are still insisting that deceptive language be included in SJR 74/HJR 86, a measure that asks voters to eliminate the majority rule that has defined Missouri’s citizen in