The fact that we argue and try out different approaches at the community level is a sign of life, not a signal of American demise.

Opposition parties, the judiciary, the press, and civil-society groups aren’t destroyed, but over time they lose their life, ...

Perhaps the greatest evil in American history is chattel slavery — one man owning another in order to demand, coerce or force them to work for the owner’s benefit. Slavery was characterized by ...

Meanwhile, Trump has never shown any interest in turning down the heat. The president has previously labeled his political opponents “vermin,” and those who disagree with him “the enemy within.” He ...

Fueled by their Project 2025–inspired war on the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Trump and his allies fundraised millions in aid last fall for areas of the country ravaged by the Category 4 ...

Men can be trained to regard their exploiters as the virtuous architects of safety and prosperity, as so many so-called ...

A sampling of views in the aftermath of conservative activist's assassination and the government crackdown on contrary opinions.

The threat to democracy, then, is not ultimately Charlie Kirk or Josh Shapiro or Donald Trump or Melissa Hortman. The threat ...

A nearly century-old ruling by the United States Supreme Court could be instructive for our current political moment, writes ...

Some political scientists see a pattern that suggests American democracy is being undermined in real time. The stakes are ...

Adams wrote that the American dream was the glue that kept the country together. However, if it ever should fail, he warned that such a collapse would result in “the failure of self-government, the ...

If Democrats don’t fight this with everything they have, they are basically admitting that authoritarianism is here to stay.