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Tending to the Garden of American Democracy is Hard and Thankless Work

Tending to the Garden of American Democracy is Hard and Thankless Work

Andrew Ervin Looks for Answers (to Impossible Questions) in Recent Books by Luke Kemp and Richard Mabey

By Andrew Ervin | October 3, 2025

Truth Optional: How Digital Platforms Replaced the Press and Democracy Took the Hit

Truth Optional: How Digital Platforms Replaced the Press and Democracy Took the Hit

Aron Solomon Unpacks the Unexpected—and Ongoing—Consequences of Section 230

By Aron Solomon | July 23, 2025

Judith Butler: To Imagine a World After This, Democracy Needs the Humanities

Judith Butler: To Imagine a World After This, Democracy Needs the Humanities

“The beginning of democracy requires a transport into a necessary fiction.”

By Judith Butler | February 20, 2025

How Democracy Supporters Can Still Beat Back the Rising Tide of Fascism

How Democracy Supporters Can Still Beat Back the Rising Tide of Fascism

Katherine Stewart on the Internal Contradictions of the Current American Antidemocratic Movement

By Katherine Stewart | February 20, 2025

What Publishing Can Do About Trump: Preserve the Independence of Our Bookstores and Libraries

What Publishing Can Do About Trump: Preserve the Independence of Our Bookstores and Libraries

“A just world starves fascism of the nutrients it needs to thrive.”

By Josh Cook | February 4, 2025

Rebecca Solnit: We, the People, Can Make a Better Future

Rebecca Solnit: We, the People, Can Make a Better Future

“We love so much more than the narrow version of who we are acknowledges...”

By Rebecca Solnit | November 4, 2024

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On America’s Two-Party System... And the Damage It Has Done

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No Slaves, No Masters: What Democracy Meant to Abraham Lincoln

No Slaves, No Masters: What Democracy Meant to Abraham Lincoln

Allen C. Guelzo on the 16th President’s Civic and Political Philosophy

By Allen C. Guelzo | February 8, 2024

How Big Data and the Surveillance State Collude to Undermine Immigrant Rights

How Big Data and the Surveillance State Collude to Undermine Immigrant Rights

César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández on Immigration Policing in the Digital Age

By César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández | February 1, 2024

Anne Applebaum, Robert Kagan, and Evan Osnos on Democracy

Anne Applebaum, Robert Kagan, and Evan Osnos on Democracy

Beyond the Page">In Conversation on Sun Valley Writers’ Conference’s Beyond the Page

By Sun Valley Writers' Conference | September 28, 2023

How Big Tech Helps Promote Disinformation—And How It Can Help Stop It

How Big Tech Helps Promote Disinformation—And How It Can Help Stop It

Lee McIntyre on Media Literacy (Or Lack Thereof) in the Internet Age

By Lee McIntyre | August 30, 2023

Jaroslaw Anders on Why People Are Turning Against Democracy

Jaroslaw Anders on Why People Are Turning Against Democracy

Keen On">In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 8, 2023

Natasha Wheatley on the Transformation of Empire into Democracy

Natasha Wheatley on the Transformation of Empire into Democracy

Keen On">In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 24, 2023

How the Internet Has Become an Outrage Machine

How the Internet Has Become an Outrage Machine

Keen On">In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 20, 2023

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