If you have your own encouraging examples of what democracy in America looks like, I would love to hear them. You can write ...

The relationship between capitalism and democracy in America isn’t always easy—and it has been that way since 1776. After the American Revolution, no one was more responsible for setting capitalism’s ...

During the 2024 campaign, voters were repeatedly told that democracy in America was under threat. Polls show that voters believed that — albeit for different reasons based on their political ...

For the last 10 years, we’ve been hearing that President Donald Trump will preside over the end of democracy in America. In liberal circles, that assertion is often accepted as fact. For many, the ...

Charles Barnes marches through downtown St. Louis carrying an American flag during the 'No Kings' protest on Saturday, June 15, 2025. Demonstrators made their way through downtown demanding the ...

There has been much talk about democracy lately. When we think about democracy’s origins, we automatically point to our 18th-century founding fathers. Yet more than a century before, Adriaen van der ...

We are living in an authoritarian state. It didn’t feel that way this morning, when I took my dog for his usual walk in the park and dew from the grass glittered on my boots in the rising sunlight. It ...

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Defending democracy against an authoritarian challenge may require political priorities that are fundamentally different from the standard playbook for winning elections. In particular, the best way ...

I’ve been thinking about this topic for a while, and a conversation in the Domestic Consequences threat finally inspired me to write it up. My question is, what do you think was the point of no return ...