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The Trump Steamroller Is Broken

Ten months into the president’s second term, Trump 2.0 is for the first time starting to resemble the chaotic original. And that new sense of political weakness in the president has not just ... Read More

How Can We Fix American Democracy?

Democracy is getting to be one of those words that, at least in our day-to-day political debates, has become essentially meaningless: Because you can’t be against it (openly, at least), whatever you ... Read More

Donald Trump’s path to authoritarian rule is wide open

In short, our finding is that the American people are well along the path to living in an authoritarian country. Our analysts looked at the “indicators” we would see, overseas, when an autocrat rises ... Read More

Trump’s Dismantling of Our Democracy

The editorial board’s sweeping catalog of the Trump administration’s threats to democracy makes a genuinely important contribution to an essential national conversation. The account, however, missed ... Read More

The quiet victories keeping American democracy alive

President Donald Trump wants to gerrymander the House of Representatives to Republican rule, but his effort has lost in three key states. Read More

A Conservative Vision for America After Trump

Can the right find its way back to small government? Sarah Isgur thinks so. Read More

PBS, defunded by Trump, says ‘we’re still here’ with big new Ken Burns documentary

Sunday’s premiere of Ken Burns’ new PBS series “The American Revolution” doubles as an attention-grabbing statement, months after President Donald Trump succeeded in stripping away all federal funding ... Read More

Trump isn't the gravest threat to our democracy | Opinion

Last Saturday in Chicago’s affluent Old Irving Park neighborhood, Donald Trump’s secret, masked police violently pulled a 67‑year‑old U.S. citizen — a member of a local running club returning to his ... Read More