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Last week, I had the time of my life at the Tony Awards introducing a song from “Suffs,” the Broadway musical I co-produced about the suffragists who won women the right to vote. I was thrilled when the show took home the awards for best original score and best book. From “Suffs” to “Hamilton,” I love theater about politics. But not the other way around. Too often we approach pivotal moments like this week’s debate between President Biden and Donald Trump like drama critics. We’re picking a...

The campaign texts with eye-roll inducing openers like “NOT ASKING FOR $” or “The 600% MATCH won’t last forever” are flooding all of our phones these days.  Jim Laws, a 70-year-old retired anesthetist in West Palm Beach, Fla., received a text in early June with a link to a survey about the state of the nation. The message said the sender wasn’t asking for money. Laws opened the link and answered the questions, only to end up on a screen that prompted him to send money to process his...

Seven states are looking to reform some of their election and governance rules to move away from partisanship via several ballot measures.  Voters from across the country appear likely to vote on reforms related to gerrymandering, closed and semi-closed primaries, and winner-take-all voting.

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