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December 13, 2018
Alexis Papazoglou
Just Hold Another Referendum
There's nothing democratic about forcing through a Brexit deal that voters in 2016 probably wouldn't have approved.
December 4, 2018
Matt Ford
The GOP’s Laboratories of Oligarchy
Republicans in multiple states are using lame-duck sessions to disempower the Democrats who won in last month's blue wave.
November 13, 2018
Matt Ford
A new lawsuit takes aim at partisan gerrymandering in North Carolina.
November 7, 2018
Matt Ford
American democracy is just a little bit healthier after Tuesday’s midterms.
October 31, 2018
Matt Ford
Trump’s Closing Argument to Voters: Fascism
The president insists that he, not the Constitution, determines who is an American.
October 26, 2018
Matt Ford
Sheldon Whitehouse’s Frustrating, Illogical Remarks on D.C. Statehood
Why is the Democratic senator from Rhode Island so hesitant on full representation for the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico?
October 6, 2018
Matt Ford
Brett Kavanaugh Is the Point of No Return
The Supreme Court justice's confirmation marks a new, degraded era in American governance.
August 20, 2018
Magazine
Timothy Shenk
Is Democracy Really Dying?
Why so many commentators share an overly grim view of America’s fate
August 8, 2018
Jacquelyn Kovarik
Fighting for Democracy: A Lesson From Bolivia
Evo Morales has done remarkable things for his country. But now, he is rejecting term limits—and Bolivians are taking to the streets to stand up for the rule of law.
May 4, 2018
Matthew Bodner
Armenia Is Breaking the Post-Soviet Mold
Term limits enforced, oligarchy on the run—all thanks to a targeted, disciplined protest campaign.
April 4, 2018
Melissa Hooper
A Humble Proposal to Sanction Some Hungarian Kleptocrats
Viktor Orban's corrupt authoritarian style seems to be spreading in Europe, with serious security risks.
March 27, 2018
Nick Hewlett
Nicolas Sarkozy and the Weakness of Liberal Democracy
Allegations that the former French president accepted millions from Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi are uncomfortably relevant in the Trump era.
March 19, 2018
Howard Amos
The Banality of Disappointment
For young Russian dissenters monitoring the election, Putin's landslide victory is as demoralizing as it was predictable.
February 21, 2018
David Adler
Right-Wing Populism Can’t Fix Globalization
How yesterday’s champions of economic nationalism became today’s servants of the global elite
February 16, 2018
Magazine
Win McCormack
Liberalism After Liberalism
The civic republican tradition and its lost treasure
December 7, 2017
Magazine
Steven Levitsky
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Daniel Ziblatt
How a Democracy Dies
Donald Trump’s contempt for American political institutions is only the latest chapter in a history of opportunistic attacks against them. This has been happening for decades.
August 10, 2017
Graham Vyse
Trump could convince Republicans to suspend American democracy.
October 31, 2016
Tom Cutterham
Back to the Founding!
Harvard historian James T. Kloppenberg looks to the roots of American democracy. But is that enough?
August 18, 2016
Astra Taylor
The Anti-Democratic Urge
With populism on the rise in both parties, it has become fashionable for elites to bash the masses. But we need more democracy, not less.
April 1, 2016
David Dayen
Why Are We Colonizing Puerto Rico?
A GOP proposal to resolve the island's debt crisis would harm its economy, sideline its democracy, and boost corporate profits.
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