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UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky co-launched “We Hold These Truths,” a project focused on basic ...

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As the countdown begins to the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding, what principles can unite these United States?

Before he emigrated over a decade ago, the Reg FOSS desk was British, and as such knows of some loose equivalents to ...

Brazilians held a lot of hope for democracy after the military dictatorship. But the past 40 years have proved that democracy ...

The basic fact about American democracy is that domination, such as being practiced by Trump and his followers, is against the law and the spirit of American democracy.

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The next stage of our democracy crisis: competitive authoritarianism America’s democracy is rapidly collapsing. Examining its present state offers clues to prevent catastrophe ...

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Democracies facing authoritarian threats from within have found ways to push back by strengthening institutions, reinforcing democratic norms, and building popular resistance against encroaching ...