How to Secure American Democracy
Any strategy to repair and secure America’s teetering democracy must begin with a clear analysis of the causes of our predicament.
September 15, 2021
How to End America’s Partisan Meltdown
Americans must be just as dedicated to maintaining and upholding the integrity of our democratic system as they are to advancing their partisan interests.
September 14, 2021
Can Democracy Survive Racism as a Strategy?
Race-class fusion politics frames racial conflict as a divide-and-conquer strategy that threatens us all, people of every race and across the broad economic spectrum.
August 27, 2021

The Democracy Endgame
In this essay and discussion series, scholars propose medium and long-term strategies to protect and rebuild American democracy.
July 9, 2021

How Democracy Could Die in 2024, and How to Save It
The greatest threat to American democracy today is the possibility of a stolen presidential election.
July 9, 2021

Can Democracy Survive Racism as a Strategy?
As a practical matter, at the present moment the survival of democracy in the United States hinges upon the electoral success of the Democratic Party.
July 9, 2021
The Democracy Threat Index and January 6, 2021
Six months after the deadly 1/6 insurrection, it’s worth looking back and taking stock of how scholars analyzed the danger to American democracy before and after.
July 8, 2021