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Democracy

Is Europe’s Democracy in Crisis?

Europe’s democracy is in a good place, but technological changes are challenging it

April 10, 2023 • by Filip Kostelka

Democracy is currently not in crisis and, in fact, we live in one of its best times....

Democracy

How Democracies Die, Fast and Slow

“The troubling truth is that democracy can be destroyed in multiple ways, in different tempos”

April 10, 2023 • by John Keane

Things are serious: the “great democratic revolution“ of modern times, as Tocqueville once called it, appears to be spluttering to a halt....

North America

The People of New York vs. Donald J. Trump

Why Now? With Claire Potter, Episode 19

April 5, 2023 • by Claire Potter

The Former Guy put out a call for his supporters to protest his indictment: this is who showed up...

The People of New York vs. Donald J. Trump

Democracy

It’s Never the Gun, Is It?

Analyzing the right’s Second Amendment shell game after the tragic Covenant school shooting

April 3, 2023 • by Claire Potter

How do you square support for gun ownership, virtually without restriction, with this terrible, unjust tragedy?...

Democracy

A Fragile Hope for Democracy in Thailand

An election in May has put the Thai King, the government, and the constitution under pressure. But can the opposition win?

March 29, 2023 • by Tobias Lentz

The May election will be a pivotal moment for Thailand’s democratic future....

A Fragile Hope for Democracy in Thailand

Politics

Is Ecuador on the Road to Revolution?

Although $36 billion is still missing, socialism is on the rise in Ecuador

March 28, 2023 • by Paloma Velasco

Even right-wing fortresses such as Guayaquil, Ecuador’s economic capital, elected a leftist mayor for the first time in 30 years. ...

Democracy

The Only Way War in Ukraine Can End

On Jessica Pisano’s Staging Democracy and the function of political theater

March 28, 2023 • by Jeffrey C. Goldfarb, James Miller and Jessica Pisano

Zelenskyy’s approach to political leadership has been focused on creating conditions that allow people to self-mobilize and self-govern....

Activism

NYC Climate Action to Stop Dirty Banks

A photo essay

March 23, 2023 • by Jo Freeman

Jo Freeman captures the protest from the streets...

War

The Lesson of War We Don’t Learn

Each one is more horrible than the last—and yet, each time, we fall into line. What could persuade us to say no?

March 22, 2023 • by Claire Potter

It’s a horrible irony that those who answer the call for patriotic sacrifice are, in a sense, the best among us....

Politics

All Trump’s Men

A potential Trump indictment in New York created many problems for the Republican Party leaders

March 21, 2023 • by Heather Cox Richardson

Trump's demands for his supporters to rally around him again have produced anemic results......

Europe & Central Asia

The Russian Question

Reflections on the collective ‘Russian’ guilt and responsibility

March 20, 2023 • by Maria Stepanova

The war, begun by Russia, had deprived life of all its connective tissue: nothing happening outside Ukraine held any meaning or had any weight....

Europe & Central Asia

Canceling the West, Putin Aims to “Make Russia Great Again”

The fact that anti-Western rhetoric is increasingly popular in Russia should be a wake-up call for Europe and the U.S.

March 1, 2023 • by Anastasia Shteinert

What is happening now in the country is the reappearance and radicalization of a centuries-old resentment of the West, in the context of the war in Ukraine....

Politics

Is Europe’s Democracy in Crisis?

Europe’s democracy is in a good place, but technological changes are challenging it

How Democracies Die, Fast and Slow

“The troubling truth is that democracy can be destroyed in multiple ways, in different tempos”

The People of New York vs. Donald J. Trump

Why Now? With Claire Potter, Episode 19

It’s Never the Gun, Is It?

Analyzing the right’s Second Amendment shell game after the tragic Covenant school shooting

A Fragile Hope for Democracy in Thailand

An election in May has put the Thai King, the government, and the constitution under pressure. But can the opposition win?

Is Ecuador on the Road to Revolution?

Although $36 billion is still missing, socialism is on the rise in Ecuador

The Only Way War in Ukraine Can End

On Jessica Pisano’s Staging Democracy and the function of political theater

NYC Climate Action to Stop Dirty Banks

A photo essay

The Lesson of War We Don’t Learn

Each one is more horrible than the last—and yet, each time, we fall into line. What could persuade us to say no?

All Trump’s Men

A potential Trump indictment in New York created many problems for the Republican Party leaders

The Russian Question

Reflections on the collective ‘Russian’ guilt and responsibility

Canceling the West, Putin Aims to “Make Russia Great Again”

The fact that anti-Western rhetoric is increasingly popular in Russia should be a wake-up call for Europe and the U.S.

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