Amidst the January 6 hearings, the fiftieth anniversary of Nixon’s scandal reminds us that it has only gotten harder to hold presidents accountable.

The lawless—and ongoing—administration of the prison by four American presidents underwrites the broader democratic crisis we face today.

New tools and technology policy might help, but politics come first.

Noam Chomsky on his new book, the Capitol coup attempt, 2020 unrest, and the prospects for progress under Biden.

The Republican Party has become a white nationalist party. If old fashioned politics can’t change that, we must consider alternatives.

Part two of a conversation on voter turnout, vote counting, and what we can expect now. 

Surveying Trumpland with Cedric Robinson

The Frankfurt School on the appeal of authoritarianism—and how to counteract it.

Some candidates who lose elections strengthen democracy, but others threaten the democratic system itself.

In a world imperiled by global pandemic, it is long past time to put an end to sanctions—including new ones against Iran—and to reconstruct U.S. foreign policy around international solidarity.

Despite claims to the contrary, the Trump administration wants regime change in Iran and is risking a full-scale war in order to get it.

Beneath Trump’s impeachment lurks a troubling complacency—among Democrats and Republicans alike—with the nature of U.S. imperial power.

Trump’s secret to success is that he expresses his base’s deep sense of alienation and grievance—cultural and social far more than economic.

Donald Trump says there is “a crisis of the soul” at the border. He is right, though not in the way he thinks.

The charge of populism says at least as much about those making it as it does about their opponents.

Many say that despite Trump, our democracy is strong. But John Dewey cautioned that institutions alone won't save us.

Trump may be egregious, but he is also a symptom of a much bigger problem facing modern presidents: the inability to govern.

The Founding Fathers didn't design Congress to solve national problems in the national interest. 

A conversation between Arlie Hochschild and Archon Fung.

The philosopher Herbert Marcuse saw machines as our greatest hope for real liberty. But in Trump’s America, automation feels more totalitarian than ever.