Tohono O’odham Nation and U.S. Democratic congressional leaders join fight to stop Southern Arizona border wall construction on sovereign or protected lands.

For most of my career as a political scientist, representation was the central theme of my teaching and research. Early on, I studied how legislators understood their responsibilities to constituents ...

A country asking what it wants to become over its next 250 years should pay close attention to the first opportunity it gives its young adults to become useful, trusted and independent.The Fulcrum’s ...

More than sixty years separate Lauren Valentine and Dr. Georgianne Thomas.

Falling confidence in election fairness means the central test may be whether the losing side still accepts the result.

Alaska voters will once again vote on a measure to repeal its nonpartisan election system. Those fighting to preserve the ...

One of the challenges with writing about the war in — and on — Ukraine is that so little changes.I don’t mean the fighting on ...

IntroductionWe have spent decades arguing about abortion policy on ideological grounds. I think we now have an opportunity to ...

Constitution Day is September 17. In her Constitution Day Conversation with Fulcrum Contributor Rick LaRue, NYU School of Law ...

The enemy is in our midst, but the enemy is not us; it's AI. Whatever negative thoughts I had about AI—how it is being ...

Scott Miller is a contributor for The Fulcrum, a nonpartisan publication dedicated to strengthening democracy by fostering informed civic engagement and elevating diverse perspectives. Subscribe to ...