Amid the United States’ celebration of the 250-year anniversary of the American Revolution, journalist Osita Nwanevu says it may be time for the country to wipe the slate clean and build a new ...
In her latest book “The Backsliders: Why Leaders Undermine Their Own Democracies,” political scientist Susan C. Stokes traces the recent erosion of democracies around the world, including the United ...
Is America a democracy? Reactionaries, such as the activist Charlie Kirk and Senator Mike Lee of Utah, say it is not, never was, and shouldn’t be. They justify the antidemocratic features of the ...
A new book argues for making the U.S. a “true” democracy, but fails at the essential strategy of persuasion. Nwanevu wields journalism as a cutting tool that’s well oiled with contempt (I’ve been on ...