"First and foremost, we want to teach politicians that gerrymandering is not a game and politicians should not be choosing voters," says Josh Lafair, who helped create the Mapmaker game with his ...

I couldn’t disagree more with Colin Pascal’s recent op-ed (“Bill Ferguson took an honorable stand against redistricting,” Nov. 10). Gov. Wes Moore is moving ahead with a redistricting plan. He gets it ...

Across the nation, state legislatures are racing to redraw electoral maps to give their preferred political party an advantage in next year’s midterm elections. Partisan gerrymandering is not new, but ...

In his farewell address published Sept. 17, 1796, President George Washington warned, “[p]artisanship is like a fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a ...

North Carolina Republicans have officially carried out their plan to redraw the state's congressional districts to help secure an additional U.S. House seat for their party in the 2026 midterms. The ...

Imagine playing a board game with friends. The rules are clear, the playing field is even, and everyone has a fair shot at winning. Now imagine one player quietly shifts the rules mid-game — moving ...

Across the country, high-stakes chess games are being played out and the pieces are us. While the media frames every move as a fight for “democracy,” the truth is more troubling. Politicians on both ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Who’s ready to vote on redistricting California? Your ballots should be arriving in the next few days. So, it’s time to make some decisions. Democratic politicians — like our own U.S. Rep. Jared ...