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We’re Already Living Through Journalism’s Dystopian Future
AI is devouring our industry and undermining access to factual information. We all have a duty to fight back.
Silicon Valley’s Billionaire Cults Are Coming for Democracy
“We can have billionaires or we can have democracy. We cannot have both," says Gil Durán.
Missouri Ballot Measure Attempts to Undermine Voters’ Influence Over Policy
If passed, Amendment 4 could make it substantially more difficult for citizen-led constitutional amendments to succeed.
Higher Ed Can’t Be Neutral in an Age of Brutality. It Must Choose Democracy.
Contemporary proponents of “institutional neutrality” fail to grasp that universities have never been outside politics.
The Fight Against Surveillance Cameras Is a Struggle for Democracy
In a growing movement, over 80 communities have canceled, rejected, or deactivated automated license plate readers.
Ahead of the United States’ 250th, Most Say Nation Has Lost Its Way
Political observers attribute the decline in American pride and rising pessimism to the Trump administration's actions.
Judge Halts Trump’s Order to Create Federal Voter List and Restrict Mail Voting
However, the injunction applies only to this year’s elections.
Trump Describes Executions to Kids, While MAGA Bans Lessons Causing “Discomfort”
Trump’s lesson to children was to fear difference, obey power, and treat vulnerable people as threats.
We Must Resist the Collapse of Conscience in the Age of Trump
Trumpism can only thrive in a culture stripped of its conscience. To combat this, conscience must become contagious.
Trump Is Destroying US Democracy at Unprecedented Rate, Global Watchdog Finds
“[T]he speed of decline is comparable to some coups d’états,” a global democracy watchdog wrote.