Tag: democracy
Democrats Can Agree that Democracy Is in Danger. So Why Aren’t They Talking About It More?
When I asked Skye Perryman, the president of Democracy Forward, about the resonance of democracy in the midterms, she mentioned health care, the mini [...]
U.S. Promotes Democracy in Africa as Rival Nations Expand Influence
PRETORIA, South Africa — The United States has been grappling with the growing influence of China, Russia and Middle Eastern nations across Africa, a [...]
The Supreme Court vs. American democracy
Has the Supreme Court lost the American people?
We’re more than a month removed from the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, a massively consequ [...]
The Paradox of Democracy: Sean Illing on the challenges of democracy
It seems like we’re living through a uniquely perilous time for democracy. The threats from disinformation, authoritarianism, and populist movement [...]
What Croydon, a ‘Live Free or Die’ Town, Learned About Democracy
CROYDON, N.H. — The tiny New Hampshire town of Croydon fits the New England of the imagination, with its cozy general store, one-room schoolhouse and [...]
A new Supreme Court case is the biggest threat to US democracy since January 6
The Supreme Court’s announcement on Thursday that it will hear Moore v. Harper, a case that could concentrate an unprecedented amount of power in g [...]
Panel Ties Trump to Fake Elector Plan, Mapping His Attack on Democracy
Such defiance, however, came at a cost.Mr. Bowers told the committee that after bucking Mr. Trump, a truck was driven through his neighborhood playing [...]
Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman: January 6 testimony reveals threat to democracy
Tuesday’s hearing of the House select committee probing the January 6 attack on the US Capitol ended with perhaps the single most emotional segment [...]
Historian Timothy Snyder on the war in Ukraine and the future of democracy
What does it mean to live in history?
In a very obvious sense, we’re always living in history. But there are those moments that feel different, whe [...]
A Recession Would Hurt Democrats. Some Warn It’d Also Hurt Democracy.
Jerome Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, made the understatement of the year on Wednesday when he noted offhandedly to reporters, “Clearly, [...]
The Constitution rigs the game against democracy — and against Black equality
Part of the Juneteenth issue of The Highlight, our home for ambitious stori [...]
How Journalists Wrestle With Covering Threats to Democracy
But for journalists, not every story is as black and white as a mob storming the United States Capitol to try to overturn a free election. Often, ther [...]
Is American Democracy Built to Last?
When Yascha Mounk went on a German television program to talk about the rise of authoritarianism in Western democracies, he never expected a seemingly [...]
The Supreme Court sacrifices impoverished Puerto Ricans on the altar of democracy
United States v. Vaello Madero, which the Supreme Court decided on Thursday, is a heartbreaking case. It asks whether many of the poorest and most [...]
Democrats Fear for Democracy. Why Aren’t They Running on It in 2022?
One party is running on democracy and elections in 2022, and it’s not the Democrats.Despite a broad consensus on the left that the country’s most reve [...]