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PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 23: Derrick Johnson onstage during the NAACP Panel: “From TV to Policy” hosted by Acura at the Acura House of Energy on January 23, 2026 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Acura)

NAACP's leader on democracy

Chauncey DeVega
A banner showing a picture of U.S. President Donald Trump is displayed outside of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) building on June 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Trump is on path to authoritarian rule

Chauncey DeVega
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Attacks on benefits erode democracy

Nicole Karlis
A worker sets up signs at the Dallas County Fairgrounds for a rally with Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump on October 16, 2023 in Adel, Iowa. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

How a Democrat won in Trump country

Tatyana Tandanpolie
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Donald Trump speaks during a three-hour, 17-minute Cabinet meeting, Aug. 26, 2025. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Will we even notice when democracy dies?

Mike Lofgren
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Democracy has failed: Can it be saved?

Mike Lofgren
A poster depicting leaders of Saudi Arabia, Syria, Oman and Lebanon alongside President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 2025. (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)

There is no "two-state solution"

Andrew O'Hehir
President Donald Trump boarding Air Force One (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

America is in our rearview mirror

Brian Karem
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People line up for early voting at a polling station at the Black Mountain Public Library in Black Mountain, North Carolina on October 21, 2024. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

DOJ targets North Carolina's voter rolls

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Zohran Mamdani at a campaign rally in Jackson Heights, Queens, on June 21, three days before his apparent victory in the Democratic primary for mayor of New York. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

Zohran and democracy: A turning point?

Andrew O'Hehir
Supporters of Palestine gather at Harvard University, Oct. 14, 2023. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)

Even now, education can be saved

Henry A. Giroux
Lee Jung-jae in "Squid Game" (No Ju-han/Netflix)

Squid Game may be right about democracy

Melanie McFarland
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A protester stands outside of the White House the day after President Donald Trump ordered U.S. military strikes on nuclear sites in Iran. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

The resistance is still building muscle

Chauncey DeVega
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy after addressing a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Ex-SCOTUS justice: "Freedom is at risk"

Tatyana Tandanpolie
U.S. Marines stand guard outside the Federal Building during a protest against the Trump administration in Los Angeles, June 14, 2025. (Ringo Chiu/AFP via Getty Images)

"Further escalation" by Trump is likely

Chauncey DeVega
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

America's slide into totalitarianism

Mike Lofgren
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Members of the U.S. Army and armored vehicles move across the Memorial Bridge during the Army 250th Anniversary Parade in Washington, D.C., on June 14, 2025. President Donald Trump reveled in a long dreamt-of military parade on his 79th birthday Saturday, as demonstrators across the country branded him a dictator in the biggest protests since his return to power. (ANNABELLE GORDON/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's dangerous rage after "No Kings"

Chauncey DeVega
Mavis Staples performs during the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024 (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Mavis Staples' gospel of resistance

Chauncey DeVega
America In One Room (Helena.org)

One weird trick — to save democracy?

Paul Rosenberg
Protesters holding banners and signs at a rally (Getty Images/Vanessa Nunes)

Why young people can't save democracy

Chauncey DeVega
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at his victory celebration in Ottawa, April 29, 2025. (Dave Chan/AFP via Getty Images)

MAGA foreign policy: So much losing!

Andrew O'Hehir
Donald Trump reacts at the 2024 Bitcoin Conference in Nashville, TN. (Johnnie Izquierdo for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump is more popular than he appears

Chauncey DeVega
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Fascism is here: Are liberals awake yet?

Andrew O'Hehir
U.S. President Donald Trump holds an executive order establishing the Energy Dominance Council led by Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum in the Oval Office at the White House on February 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Conservative judge rings the alarm bells

Austin Sarat
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