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Educating for Democracy: The Case for a New Civics
The ongoing period of democratic backsliding in the United States and around the world, characterized by pernicious polarization, declining trust in democratic institutions, and a troubling openness of citizens to non-democratic alternatives, highlights an urgent need for a renewed focus on civic ed
China’s Assertive Authoritarianism : Democracy Journal
Elizabeth Economy is Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University (on leave). She previously was C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director, Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. The author of four books and co-editor of two volumes, her most recent book, The World According to China (Polity Press, 2021), explores …
Civil-Military Relations: Repairing Fractured Ties
Alexander Vindman served as the director for European Affairs on the White House's National Security Council and authored the U.S. National Military Strategy for Russia. A retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, he leads the Institute for Informed American Leadership, is a senior fellow at Johns Hopkins SAIS Foreign Policy Institute, and wrote the bestselling book Here, Right Matters.
Regaining America’s Trust on Immigration : Democracy Journal
2 days ago · The left has lost the American public’s trust on immigration and the border. We haven’t just got it wrong with white working-class voters. Donald Trump increased his support among Latino, Black, and Asian American voters, including in Hispanic-majority counties. Anti-immigration ads apparently ...
Why Have Miranda Rights Failed? - Democracy Journal
Jun 27, 2016 · Photo by J. Ross Baughman. The 50 th anniversary of Miranda v. Arizona—it was decided this month in 1966—should be the occasion for realizing that the Court’s approach to ending police coercion in interrogations failed and that new steps are essential.At the time Miranda was decided, conservatives and law enforcement officials vehemently attacked the requirement that police had to warn ...
The Challenge of India’s Democratic Backsliding
Milan Vaishnav is senior fellow and director of the South Asia program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. He is the author of When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics (Yale University Press, 2017) and the host of "Grand Tamasha," a weekly podcast on Indian politics and policy.
What a Real Wartime President Does : Democracy Journal
Apr 30, 2020 · President Roosevelt in the Oval Office addressing the nation during one of his wartime fireside chats, February 23, 1942. In March, President Trump declared himself a “wartime President” leading the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. He was right about the human toll—in two months the pandemic has killed more Americans than any conflict since World War II.
What Really Wrecked Boeing : Democracy Journal
Apr 9, 2024 · When a faulty door plug explosively blew out the side of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 three miles above Portland, Oregon, back in January, leading to the massive recent corporate shakeup at the company, it wasn’t just shoes, cell phones, seat cushions, and the gasping breath of terrified passengers that got violently sucked into the cold, thin air.
Reclaiming the American Story : Democracy Journal
Group portrait of the first African-American legislators in Congress, published 1872. Standing, from left to right, are Robert C. De Large and Jefferson F. Long; seated, from left to right, are Hiram R. Revels, Benjamin S. Turner, Josiah T. Walls, Joseph H. Rainey, and Robert B. Elliot.