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Democracy & Government
  • Letters From an American
    March 30, 2021
    April 7, 2021
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    It feels like the banking under the Republican Party from the Trump years is starting to erode.

  • Heather Cox Richardson
    April 1, 2021
    Letters from an American
  • Letters From an American
    Justice on Trial
    March 30, 2021
    | Heather Cox Richardson
    Derek Chauvin’s trial for the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, has begun.
  • Letters From an American
    Silencing Black Voters, Again
    March 29, 2021
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    Today, Republicans talk about “election integrity,” but their end game is the same as that of the former Confederates after the war: to keep Black and Brown Americans away from the polls to make sure the government does not spend tax dollars on public services.

  • Democracy & Government
    America’s Longest War Winds Down
    March 29, 2021
    | Andrew Bacevich

    No bang, no whimper, no victory.

  • Letters From an American
    US Sinks to New Low in Rankings of World’s Democracies
    March 29, 2021
    | Sam Levine

    The US has slipped 11 points in a decade – below Argentina and Mongolia – according the latest report by a democracy watchdog.

  • Letters From an American
    The Southern System
    March 27, 2021
    | Heather Cox Richardson
    Georgia's new voter suppression law has deep roots.
  • Letters From an American
    Voting Rights IS Democracy
    March 26, 2021
    | Heather Cox Richardson
    This is the only story from today because it is the only story historians will note from this era: Did Americans defend their democracy or did they fall to oligarchy?
  • Letters From an American
    "He wants us to make it WILD"
    March 25, 2021
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    The former president not only inspired his supporters to fight for him; he urged them to send money to defend his election in the courts.

  • Letters From an American
    Will There Be a Real Discussion on Gun Control?
    March 24, 2021
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    The unfettered right to own and carry weapons has come to symbolize the Republican Party’s ideology of individual liberty. Lawmakers and activists have not been able to overcome Republican insistence on gun rights despite the mass shootings occurring with a greater frequency.



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