Schools are failing to teach students the advantages of liberal democracy—and the dangers of what could replace it.
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America at 250: An Idealist Without Illusions
For all of our understandable angst, let’s chart the good change since the Bicentennial.
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The Worst President Ever
And why Trump’s ballroom will some day double as a community center for kids.
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Donald Trump’s Go-it-Alone America
Trump’s uniquely toxic brand of “self-reliance” threatens the collective strength that truly makes America great.
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Constitution in Progress
The most revolutionary part of our founding document is its capacity for change.
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Quit Being All Gloom and Doom. MAGA Has Not Won
There is a lot of understandable worry about our democracy, but it’s more resilient than you think. Here’s why.
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Why Does Trump Hate Vote-By-Mail?
Restricting vote-by-mail could disenfranchise millions, argues mail voting pioneer Phil Keisling.
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A Month After the Minnesota Shootings, We’re Normalizing Political Violence
It’s been a month since the assassinations, yet hardly anyone seems to remember they occurred.
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America the Beautiful? Yes
The poem that inspired the song, America the Beautiful, is 130 years old today, and despite the threats to democracy, it resonates more than ever.
