A profile of John Hickenlooper demonstrates how journalism that focuses on candidates' charisma often makes incorrect assumptions, and favors white male politicians.
Research shows that having more women, more people of color, and more LGBTQ people makes for a more productive, bipartisan, and responsive legislature.
In November, Pelosi agreed to new rules allowing for a more open legislative process, but they may have unintended consequences.
While political cooperation is usually seen as a positive thing, in Germany bipartisanship could have negative side effects.
While a unity ticket sounds exciting during a campaign, how exactly would governing work?
Is there a way for people to look beyond the political divide, find common ground, and rebuild their trust in democracy?
The former president of Common Cause and the preeminent voice of public advocacy explains why he still has hope for the labor movement, surveys the state of modern partisanship, defends lobbying as a (potentially) noble calling, and declares there’s really nothing wrong with Kansas.
The Bipartisan Policy Center, a think tank founded four years ago by four former U.S Senate majority leaders, works to overcome political polarization.
If the politicians in a sharp-elbowed place like Houston can work across party lines, why can't yours?
Calls to work together for the common good during the current crises have been emanating at breakneck pace from the Obama administration. Academics discuss how to get the results of a Roosevelt, and not a Carter.