Worried About Democracy? Here’s Some Summer Reading For You
Both historians swam in the intellectual currents of their time. They drew on interdisciplinary research in psychiatry, sociology and anthropology and, in a sharp break … Read more
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‘The democracy is not perfect’: Howard University’s president leans into political battles
Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of the New York Times Magazine’s 1619 project, and reparations advocate and author Ta-Nehisi Coates will join a university that is already … Read more
Philippine democracy scion, ex-leader Benigno Aquino III dies at 61
Benigno Aquino III, the son of pro-democracy icons who helped overthrow Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos, died Thursday, a cousin and officials said. He was 61. … Read more
Elise Stefanik’s post on democracy group board sparked a staff uproar
“It’s like the Catholic Church is making a self-proclaimed atheist cardinal,” said Max Boot, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. “Elise Stefanik is … Read more
ALEC’s Corporate Funders Are Complicit in State-Based Assaults on Voting Rights and Democracy
(still_1 / Shutterstock) Subscribe to something The nation Subscribe now for just $ 2 per month! Thank you for signing up The nation‘s weekly newsletter. … Read more
‘Potential crisis for democracy’: Threats to election workers could spur mass retirements
“What is usually a fairly obscure administrative job is now one where madmen threaten to murder their children,” said Al Schmidt, one of the three … Read more
Why The Two-Party System Is Wrecking American Democracy
As the “big lie” of a stolen election continues to dominate the Republican Party, the GOP-controlled states enact and prosecute restrictive electoral laws absurd election … Read more
Loss Runs Like a River Through My Life
(Naomi Ishisaka) Dedicated to my mother, Janet Cyril; my wife Alana Devich-Cyril, my aunts Sandy and Marion, my godmother Kafi, my uncle Tony, my cousins … Read more
Iran’s Incredible Shrinking Democracy
An Iranian motorcyclist drives his motorcycle past an election banner for the conservative politician, head of the Iranian judiciary and Iranian presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi … Read more
Are Dems Incapable of Defending Democracy? Or Just Unwilling?
U.S. Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin arrive for a bipartisan meeting on infrastructure after the failed talks with the White House on June 8, … Read more
