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  1. conservatism
    The GOP’s Opposition to Impeachment Is (Terrifyingly) PrincipledMany conservatives simply value the preservation of liberal democracy less than the maintenance of their movement’s power.
    By Eric Levitz
  2. norms
    Chanting ‘Lock Him Up’ at a Lawless President Is Good for DemocracyA crowd of ordinary Americans demanding their lawless president face legal sanctions is the opposite of authoritarian.
    By Eric Levitz
  3. labor
    Democracy Dies When Labor Unions DoStrengthening unions should be at the heart of any agenda for reviving American democracy because labor’s weakness is at the heart of its decline.
    By Eric Levitz
  4. democracy
    Conservatives Want a ‘Republic’ to Protect PrivilegesMore often than not, those fighting popular majorities are simply defending the power of national, regional, or local oligarchies.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. democracy
    Democrats Are Turning Their Attention to a Very Unsexy Bulwark of DemocracyDemocrats have historically not focused their energies on the secretaries of state. But the office is crucial to state elections.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  6. democracy
    America’s Political System Is Rigged Against Liberals (and Always Has Been)The left’s underrepresentation in U.S. politics isn’t new, and ending gerrymandering won’t fix it. But the liberalization of suburbia might.
    By Eric Levitz
  7. vision 2020
    Moderate Democrats’ Delusions of ‘Prudence’ Will Kill Us AllSome centrists believe that their complacency about our democratic and ecological crises makes them “prudent.” It makes them anything but.
    By Eric Levitz
  8. vision 2020
    Democrats: Trump’s GOP Is a Threat to Democracy – So We Better Play NicePelosi and Biden argue that the GOP is breaking our democracy – and therefore, Democrats must not impeach Trump or give up on bipartisanship.
    By Eric Levitz
  9. mitch mcconnell
    Mitch McConnell’s New Campaign Ad Is Brazenly Anti-DemocracyThe McConnell campaign’s first campaign ad is about insisting that his various subversions of democracy are instances of “letting the people decide.”
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  10. education
    Michigan Conservatives Don’t Want to Teach Kids America Is a DemocracyConservative advocates in Michigan want to remove “democracy” from curriculums, arguing that the term isn’t “politically neutral.”
    By Matt Stieb
  11. the national interest
    Conservatives Can’t Distinguish Between Democratic Reform and AuthoritarianismNo, Republicans, instituting a national popular vote and a majority-rule Senate is not tearing up the Constitution.
    By Jonathan Chait
  12. interesting times
    Andrew Sullivan: Trump Is a Massive Failure — and Getting Exactly What He WantsAt the level of governance, he’s a catastrophe. But meanwhile he keeps tightening his grasp on the country.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  13. ex-felon voting rights
    Florida GOP Readies Poll Tax to Nullify Ex-Felons’ Voting RightsFloridians voted to re-enfranchise the formerly incarcerated last fall. Republicans want to make them pay off all court fines and fees first.
    By Eric Levitz
  14. filibuster
    Democrats Should Trust Democracy and Resolve to Kill the FilibusterA lot of Democratic senators running for president won’t challenge the filibuster. That’s a problem for Democrats.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. alexandria ocasio-cortez
    AOC Thinks Billionaires Are a Threat to Democracy. So Did Our Founders.The idea that democracy and billionaires are incompatible might seem radical to conservatives. But to America’s founders, it seemed like common sense.
    By Eric Levitz
  16. the media
    The GOP Is Making Its Contempt for Democracy Clear. Will the Mainstream Media?Republicans are no longer bothering to disguise their anti-democratic worldview. Will the “liberal” media keep disguising it for them?
    By Eric Levitz
  17. politics
    The GOP’s 2018 Autopsy: Democracy Is Our EnemyRepublicans heard the electorate’s message loud and clear — and are doing everything they can to shrink that electorate, and nullify its verdict.
    By Eric Levitz
  18. politics
    Tribalism Isn’t Our Democracy’s Problem. The Conservative Movement Is.Partisan polarization has made it easier for lawmakers to disregard the popular will; but it is reactionary elites who demand such disregard.
    By Eric Levitz
  19. anthony kennedy
    Anthony Kennedy Is an Enemy of DemocracyThe former Supreme Court justice lamented the “decline of democracy” over the weekend. But he is directly responsible for such decline in the U.S.
    By Eric Levitz
  20. Yes, Normal Republican Elites Are a Threat to DemocracyBecause democracy is a threat to them.
    By Eric Levitz
  21. the national interest
    The Republican Court and the Era of Minority RuleThe retirement of Anthony Kennedy is another way the party that has lost the vote is consolidating power anyway.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. Why America’s Version of Capitalism Is Incompatible With DemocracyTo restore our democracy after Trump, we will need to reduce the material inequalities that were eroding popular sovereignty long before his rise.
    By Eric Levitz
  23. the national interest
    Why Trump’s Assault on Democracy Doesn’t Bother the Illiberal LeftTrump and his party aren’t the only force in American life opposed to liberal democracy.
    By Jonathan Chait
  24. Amazon Should Not Be in Charge of Solving Our Health-Care CrisisDemocratically unaccountable private actors shouldn’t be responsible for performing the state’s traditional functions. But, increasingly, they are.
    By Eric Levitz
  25. Trump Keeps Throwing Tantrums When He Remembers He Isn’t a DictatorNew reports suggest that whenever the Justice Department reminds Trump that it is not his private detective service, he flips out.
    By Eric Levitz
  26. the national interest
    2018 Will Be a Fight to Save Democracy From Trump“Next year will bring ‘full Trump,’” a source warns. Be ready.
    By Jonathan Chait
  27. The GOP Keeps Admitting Its Economic Theory Is Incompatible With DemocracyRepublicans say that their tax cuts will only work if businesses can be certain that they will never be repealed.
    By Eric Levitz
  28. Inequality Is a Bigger Threat to Our Democracy Than Putin IsThe biggest problem with Trump’s tax cuts is that increasing the wealth of the rich is a recipe for oligarchy.
    By Eric Levitz
  29. politics
    Can Our Democracy Survive Tribalism?Tribalism was an urge our Founding Fathers assumed we could overcome. And so it has become our greatest vulnerability.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  30. Trump Administration Used Public Funds to Sabotage the Health-Care SystemLast year, Trump promised universal health care. Now, to build support for throwing millions off insurance, his team is trying to make Obamacare fail.
    By Eric Levitz
  31. the national interest
    Obama Uses Farewell Address to Call for Defense of Democracy Against TrumpHe warned Americans about a looming threat — one he never named, but whose identity was clear.
    By Jonathan Chait
  32. democracy
    What Happens If Trump Supporters Believe His ‘Rigged Election’ Hype?The ugliness of this campaign could get worse on Election Day.
    By Chas Danner
  33. GOP Base Loathes Idea of Elites Picking NomineeEven if party elites figure out a way to bypass the primary results in choosing a presidential nominee, there’s a problem: Republican voters will hate it.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. China Uses Trump in Anti-Democracy Propaganda“Mussolini and Hitler came to power through elections, a heavy lesson for Western democracy,” China’s Global Times warns.
    By Eric Levitz
  35. foreign affairs
    Opposition Poised to Win Myanmar’s First Free General Election in 25 YearsThe voting seems to have gone smoothly, marking a major milestone in the country’s transition to democracy.
    By Chas Danner
  36. 2016
    Obama Thinks His Hypothetical 2016 Chances Are Pretty Good“I think if I ran, I would win. But I can’t.”
    By Jaime Fuller
  37. snowstorms
    Snowstorm Cancels Democracy in MaineAnd 80,000 are without power.
    By Katie Zavadski
  38. democracy
    Clay Aiken Wants to Be Your Next American Idol CongressmanDon’t take this from him too, Ruben Studdard.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  39. democracy
    Believe It or Not, Those Old Voting Machines Don’t Work PerfectlyMany people complained.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  40. media
    CBS and Time Warner Will Play Nice for DemocracyThe comptroller debate will air despite the blackout.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  41. election hangover
    NYC Still Counting Ballots From 2012 ElectionMore than 400 ballots just turned up.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  42. democracy
    Petitioners Demand That White House Reveal Its Honey Ale Recipe“I think it’s time for beer.”
    By Brett Smiley
  43. neighborhood news
    What Would You Do With $1 Million of the City’s Money?Pave a few streets? Lots of Lotto tickets?
    By Noreen Malone
  44. iraq
    Iraqi Prime Minister Will Not Run for Another TermAnd he’s halved his own salary.
    By Mike Vilensky
  45. weird al greene
    This Alvin Greene Voter Is All That Is Wrong With DemocracyShe voted for him because of soul singer Al Green.
    By Dan Amira