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  • Letters From an American
    Today
    November 8, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson
    But whatever the future brings, there is no doubt that today is ours. After four years in which we have indulged the worst of our nation, we have voted to reclaim the best.
  • Democracy & Government
    Unsanitized, Election Edition: Donald Trump Has Been Good for Democracy
    November 5, 2020
    | David Dayen

    You don’t get serious about democracy until you get the sense that it can be taken away.

  • Letters From an American
    This Night of Calm Before the Storm
    November 1, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson
    I am the opposite of discouraged.
  • Arts & Culture
    Jazz Music Is the Perfect Metaphor for Democracy
    October 12, 2020
    | Theresa Riley
    Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis plays America's "unofficial anthem” — Amazing Grace — and explains how listening, improvisation and a flexible framework are essential elements of both jazz and democracy.
  • Fight to Vote
    29 Ways Trump and the GOP Are Making It Harder to Vote
    October 5, 2020
    | Ari Berman and AJ
    Republicans are doing all they can to preserve their power at the expense of the democratic process.
  • Letters From an American
    Trump: "We're Going to Have to See What Happens"
    September 24, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson
    An Atlantic article rings the fire bell.
  • Moyers on Democracy
    SEPTEMBER 18, 2020: JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG HAS DIED
    September 18, 2020

    Bill Moyers sit down with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to discuss the most pressing global issues faced by present-day women leaders.

  • Letters From an American
    Democracy Under Attack
    September 7, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    Earlier this week, New York Times columnist Farhad Manjoo warned that American democracy is ending. He pointed to political violence on the streets, the pandemic, unemployment, racial polarization, and natural disasters, all of which are destabilizing the country, and …

  • Media
    The Failed Promise of “Objective” Political Reporting
    August 3, 2020
    | Dan Froomkin

    What if the mainstream, reality-based media armed its audience with facts as emphatically and effectively as Fox News arms its audience with misinformation? What if the New York Times aggressively advocated for the truth, rather than just putting it out there for the record?

  • Activism
    Resistance for Real: The Moment Has Come
    July 26, 2020
    | Jim Sleeper
    Channeling the Wall of Moms


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