As the 2026 midterms near, voting remains a civic duty that upholds popular sovereignty and helps shape American democracy.

Congratulations, Virginia!” Obama wrote on X, shortly after voters narrowly approved a redistricting plan expected to give ...

This week a political tsunami hit California politicians when Secretary of State Shirley Weber announced that Reform ...

Historically, the youngest of those eligible to vote in the U.S. — those in their late teens and early 20s — are far less likely to cast ballots than their parents or grandparents. Still, the ...

Since the founding of the United States of America, women’s central role in safeguarding democracy has been overlooked—even as women have consistently, generation after generation, worked to protect ...

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 ...

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger and her fellow Democrats demonstrate how much of their agenda is simply about securing power ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As election day nears, school board candidates across the country are scrambling to wrap up their campaigns. They’re running from ...

Beginning in early March, Virginia voters, particularly members of the Black community, began receiving mailers that compared ...

When I was a kid, my siblings and I argued about whose turn it was to choose the nightly TV show, who got to sit up front on road trips, and who had to follow what rules. When something didn’t sit ...