
To honor Harry Reid's legacy, Democrats need to heed his warnings
CNN
Reid was a congressional insider, but he came to understand that the rules of the game were being so abused that they posed a danger to our democracy, writes Julian Zelizer.
Reid, who died on Tuesday after a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer, was elected to the Senate in 1986 and served as majority leader from 2007 to 2015. Those who have followed Reid's career know that he preferred the negotiations of legislating over press conferences and public performances.

A little-known civil rights office in the Department of Education that helps resolve complaints from students across the country about discrimination and accommodating disabilities has been gutted by the Trump administration and is now facing a ballooning backlog, a workforce that’s in flux and an unclear mandate.












