The Reform Compass delivers commentary from the Issue One team on major issues impacting American democracy — from strengthening our nation’s critical election infrastructure to reining in Big Tech.
Check out our most recent posts, below:
When Political Spending Reeks of Corruption — By: Mia Minkin and Sydney Richards
- Elon Musk’s payments to Wisconsin voters may not be illegal, but they show just how toxic our campaign finance system has become. Read the post.
Executive Overreach: Fixing What’s Not Broken — By: Grant Henry, Joshua Bonet, and Angelina Clapp
- President Trump’s most recent Executive Order on election integrity will create significant challenges for our election officials, voters, and impact trust in our election system. Read the post.
Dismantling CISA will make safeguarding elections harder — By: Mia Minkin, Oliver Ni, and Risa Dorf
- Stripping election offices across the nation of key supportive structures through CISA has impaired a critical partnership between the federal government and state and local officials. Read the post.
First They Came for Civil Society — By: Liana Keesing and Jamie Neikrie
- The greatest threat to both free expression and national security isn’t coming from efforts to combat disinformation — it’s coming from politicians determined to dismantle those efforts. Read the post.
The problem isn’t just bureaucratic inefficiency — our democracy is being hollowed out from within. — By: Nick Penniman
- Our constitutional system stands at a perilous crossroads. Read the post.
