Gerrymandering has been in the news this week, raising an important issue for understanding democratic decline. Consider the simplest...

https://sherrilyn.substack.com/ Sherrilyn Ifill is a civil rights lawyer, former president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and now a law...

The Threat Index score remains at 56 for the fourth week in a row. It was last raised on June 26, following Trump’s rejection of his...

Among the most significant events of the past week was the enactment of the national budget reconciliation package, dubbed the One Big...

The Supreme Court completed its term last week, so we thought we'd use this week's update as an opportunity to consider the message being...

Following airstrikes on Iran, the Threat to Democracy Index score has been raised for the first time in three months. The Militarism and...

This has been a busy week, but the Threat to Democracy Index score remains unchanged. Democratic institutions and civic movements remain...

This week, the Threat to Democracy Index remains unchanged. However, it is unquestionable that the suppression of dissent in the United...

Index Status: Unchanged Despite another week marked by significant developments, the Threat to Democracy Index score remains unchanged....

Index Status: Unchanged This week’s developments reinforce long-standing concerns about democratic decline but do not warrant a change in...

The Threat to Democracy Index remains steady this week, unchanged since March 18. Like the previous several weeks, democratic backsliding...

The Threat to Democracy Index remains steady this week, unchanged since March 18. Like the previous several weeks, democratic backsliding...

For the seventh consecutive week, the Threat to Democracy Index remains unchanged. Although the United States has not moved measurably...

The main takeaway this week is that the index is unchanged for a sixth week in a row. The nation has not slid significantly closer to...

"It is a constitutional crisis when our constitution and our politics come apart." More particularly, a constitutional crisis is when...

https://adamprzeworski.substack.com/ Adam Przeworsky has been writing and publishing a daily diary since the second inauguration of...