Concern for the health of American democracy is usually directed toward election-related questions such as campaign financing, voting procedures, participation rates, and gerrymandering. Yet it ought ...

Over the last year, Americans watched virtually everything that could go possibly wrong in the budget world either happen or nearly happen. Now there appears to be an updated deal that reworks the ...

Don’t expect much public debate as the Birmingham City Council discusses Mayor Randall Woodfin’s proposed spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year. That’s because changes to the city’s charter in ...