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Legal veterans lead fightback against Trump’s ‘full-out assault on democracy’

Advocacy groups expand legal challenges and condemn president’s ‘self-serving attempts to take over midterms’A cluster of advocacy groups that boast veteran lawyers, voting experts...

What Must We Do To Save US Democracy?

US democracy is in trouble right now. Under the façade of populism, the Trump administration has eroded long-held Constitutional protections. Insistent whispering behind the scenes...

'What Can I Do To Defend Democracy?' Here’s Your Answer

What a conversation with Miles Taylor. Miles blew the whistle on Trump from inside his own administration as “Anonymous,” with a New York Times op-ed--and whose reward when Trump g...

Can We Keep Our Democratic Republic Through and After Trump?

Can America protect its democratic republic? Explore the challenges, civic duty, and debate surrounding Trump and democracy. The post Can We Keep Our Democratic Republic Through an...

Dems' Last Chance To Halt Erosion of U.S. Democracy

American democrats need a Hungarian-style landslide to overwhelm Trump's attempts to rig November's midterm elections, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

Our Democracy Is at Stake. Stop Waiting for a Savior.

The greatest power we have is our own.

Meet Election Attack Bombshell With The SAVE Act Or There Won’t Be A Republic Left To Save

We have a republic if we can keep it, and we will not keep it without the SAVE America Act.

The DNC Against Itself

“Democracy is a very old institution,” explains the Democratic National Committee’s autopsy of the 2024 election, belatedly released in May. “And yet what keeps democracy going is...

How to plan for an election that leaders are trying to subvert

The White House is working to change electoral rules in its favor. Protectors of democracy must have a counterplanThe second Trump administration is systematically eroding the inst...

Businesses Should Step Up to Defend Democracy

The business community’s silence could accelerate America’s slide into autocracy, warns the founder of the pro-democracy business coalition Leadership Now. The post Businesses Sho...

Ben Wikler Has a Plan to Supercharge American Democracy

Ben Wikler Democrats can save the country from an authoritarian takeover, but to do so they must focus on systemic reforms, the author argues in this adaptation from his new boo...

2026 APSA Theme Panel: Defending Democracy: Resisting State Capture From Above and Below

Defending Democracy: Resisting State Capture From Above and Below Thursday, September 3, 8:00 am to 9:30 am 2026 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition — Boston, MA |  Register here...

Who Is Safeguarding Democracy?

First‑generation Americans are reshaping civic engagement, bringing new energy, perspectives, and urgency to local and national democracy. <p>The post Who Is Safeguarding Dem...

“Nobody Is Resting”: Meet the Grassroots Advocates Defending the Right to Vote

Sasha Abramsky At a time when the US president is actively interfering in elections, these groups, activists, and officials are protecting their local systems from federal sabot...

How Trump might be reinvigorating democracy

Democracy Depends on People Who Show Up

Can We Save Democracy?

Osita Nwanevu Hélène Landemore’s case for an alternative system of popular government. The post Can We Save Democracy? appeared first on The Nation.

The Resistance Is Here

"I know how you feel—because I've been there there too. On a bad day, and there are many bad days, our nation’s backslide from democracy into autocracy accelerates…Untrained, maske...

The Democrats have one last chance to halt the erosion of US democracy – and it’s less than 100 days away | Timothy Gart...

American democrats need a Hungarian-style landslide to overwhelm Trump’s attempts to rig November’s midterm electionsIn these days of extreme weather events, it seems odd to say th...

How do we defeat authoritarianism? By building a sense of belonging | Julie Fernandes and Katrina Gamble

Eighty-five million Americans are disaffected and less likely to vote, our survey found. Our democratic revival depends on a sense of communityOur country is at a crossroads betwee...

Perryman’s book an instant bestseller with advice for saving democracy

It’s time to pick up a shovel and stop complaining about the impending death of democracy in America, according to Skye Perryman. The president of Democracy Forward in Washington,...

Protecting the Midterms—at the Grassroots and in the Courts

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Democrats Plan Defense Against Trump Election Meddling

“Congressional Democrats are preparing for a new kind of midterm challenge: the risk that President Trump will attempt to undermine November’s elections by claiming fraud or interf...

Democrats are focused on affordability. Some say they should focus on democracy too

Democratic candidates have focused on affordability. But some party leaders say they also need to talk about democracy, especially if President Trump continues making unfounded cla...