Dan Schaefer for Missouri

The right to petition our government is for sale The Missouri Legislature recently passed House Bill 1 (HB 1), a new congressional map pushed by Donald Trump and engineered to give Republicans an additional U.S. House seat. Instead of waiting for the next census, lawmakers redrew the lines mid-decade in a special session, carving up Kansas City and turning seven of Missouri’s eight districts safely Republican. Missourians are fighting back. A citizens’ group called People No

ICE is deploying sophisticated tools to spy on people. Today the look for illegal migrants, but this technology can be turned against the entire population.

When politicians answer to their wealthy donors instead of their voters, democracy becomes a privilege of wealth, not a right of the people.

We live in a free country, but only if you have the money to pay for it.