Photo by Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images. The statement “No Kings” is meant to be an exclamation of democratic power by ordinary citizens. It is a call that should cause us to consider both the ...

Americans aren’t hanging out together as much as they used to, and it’s having a crippling impact on democracy. It sounds dramatic, but it’s true. According to Montesquieu, who wrote The Spirit of the ...

Donald J. Trump has been elected to a second term, and his transition priorities have been to propose cabinet officials whose chief attributes appear to be unwavering personal loyalty and a ...

On February 21, 2025, I received an impersonal email notifying me of my termination from USAID (United States Agency for International Development), effective March 8. In 14 years with USAID’s Office ...

There is a mystery coiled up inside the latest survey results from The People’s Role in American Democracy, the latest report from the Democracy for All Project, a joint endeavor between the Charles F ...

The coups pose a significant threat to the ongoing process of democratization that Africa earnestly began in the 1990s. During this time, the Wind of Change brought a legal shift from one-party states ...

The explicit aim of Project 2025, which has guided much of the early work of the Trump administration, is to infuse biblical principles across the federal government. Calls to protect Christianity, ...

Donald Trump became the first Republican candidate to win the popular vote in 20 years thanks in part to increasing support among voters of color, particularly Latinos. Trump's gains mostly occurred ...

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In this episode of The Stakes, host Brad Rourke talks with Stacey Abrams, renowned voting rights advocate and former Georgia Assembly member. Abrams breaks down the architecture of voter suppression, ...

Over the past thirty years, both Democratic and Republican-controlled states have adopted the following reforms to make voter registration easier, more efficient, and more accurate. Automatic voter ...

When Donald Trump was president, he lashed out at the media, responded to critical coverage by describing it as “fake news,” and called journalists “the enemy of the American people.” Project 2025 ...