The assassination of Brian Thompson—and the reaction to it—suggests Americans are fed up and feel powerless.

The vice president has shrewdly started using Trump’s own words against him, raising the salience of his authoritarian streak and righting her media strategy ship along the way.

The Democrats’ new “freedom” rhetoric on reproductive rights isn’t just playing well with the public, it’s also a broader defense of individual liberty against would-be authoritarians.

In Chicago, they found a much stronger message—and a more savage indictment of Trump.

The Pulitzer Prize–winning historian tells editor Michael Tomasky that we’ll save liberalism by saving democracy first.

Is the creed that’s always reexamining itself up to the task of stopping authoritarianism? In a word—yes.

America never really was liberal, and that’s not the right fight anyway. The fight now is for democracy.

We crossed another Rubicon this week with these veep wannabees parroting Donald Trump’s line about not accepting election results.

Why asking our media to get it right on Trump’s threat to democracy is not remotely the same as being in the tank for Biden

A new history argues that illiberalism is not a backlash but a central feature from the founding to today.

A new documentary explores Robert Putnam’s life and work.

Veteran journalist Susan Glasser on why Trump’s authoritarian language is so alarming—and how the press is struggling to meet the challenges of this uniquely dangerous moment.

Attacks on abortion rights and LGBTQ rights are part of a broader assault on democratic norms.

Worried that voters might choose to enshrine abortion rights, GOP lawmakers are trying to deform the constitutional amendment process.

A playbook for 2024

His achievements have been nothing short of historic.

Abortion rights has proven time and again to be a winning issue for Democrats.

The Republicans are plotting to literally rewrite the Constitution to eliminate core rights and protections.

In order to win reelection, Biden must worry less about working-class whites and more about the increasing share of Black, Hispanic, and Asian voters.

Here are four things he should do before the November election.