Search results
On Jan. 6 many Republicans blamed Trump for the Capitol riot. Now they endorse his presidential bid
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoIn the follow-up to their 2018 bestseller “How Democracies Die,” authors Daniel Ziblatt and Steven...
Opinion: Republicans have become 'de facto White Party' by rejecting multiracial democracy
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 2 months agoI have been reading "Tyranny of the Minority" (2023), by Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and...
A group of political ‘assassins’ is quietly threatening American democracy, a new book says
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA new book, “Tyranny of the Minority,” by Steve Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, argues that America’s...
Democracy Is in Peril, Just Not the Way We Thought
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 6 months agoEight years on from Donald Trump’s descent down the escalator, the democratic doom boom in American commentary shows little sign of dissipating....
Opinion: US democratic ideology needs to be more representative, where majority prevails
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 1 month agoIn the late 18th century, the French writer de Tracy coined the term “ideology” to designate the...
Is North Carolina the best at undermining democracy? Others think so. | Opinion
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 5 months agoIt is interesting, on occasion, to see what others think of our political battles in North Carolina....
Republicans manufactured a "crisis" — now they are ready to exploit it
Salon via Yahoo News· 7 months agoKevin McCarthy Jim Jordan Steve Scalise Mike Johnson Alex Wong/Getty Images Democracies get sick and...
Op-Ed: Democracy's survival depends on fighting demagogues. The GOP is embracing them
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFormer President Trump speaks last month at the America First Policy Institute's event in...
Brazil's big lie?
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJair Bolsonaro. Illustrated | Getty Images On Oct. 2, Brazil will hold its national elections for the presidency and the National Congress. Controversial...
The gods of democracy are uneasy | Opinion
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe political universe is not orderly. It needs direction. It needs rules. That’s why the gods of necessity invented government. But in doing so they...