Republicans are quietly rigging election maps to ensure permanent rule | David Pepper

The past decade in Ohio shows how bad it can get - and how quickly. Despite the state's voters often swinging Democratic, 75% of its congressional delegates are Republican

The long-term health of American democracy is in peril, to a degree far worse than people imagine. But not where most people are looking.

While many eyes go to Washington DC or Mar-a-Lago, the attack on democracy is actually most concentrated and coordinated in state capitals. Whether it's gerrymandering or voter suppression or attacks on offices that provide needed checks and balances - the states have become widely undemocratic. As I outline in my book Laboratories of Autocracy, the consequences of this anti-democratic movement are only getting worse.