Tag: Democratic resilience
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The Fight for Democracy: Week 55
I. The Erosion at Home and Abroad The story of America’s weakening democracy is still being defined by an aggressive expansion of executive power. According to analysts, when Washington backs away from supporting democracy and human rights globally, it sends a clear signal to authoritarian leaders that there’s little cost for repression. Strongmen around the…
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“Who Will Stop This Nightmare?”
A little while back, after I wrote an article about abuses by ICE, The Violence Comes From ICE, and It’s Increasingly Deadly, a friend asked me, “Who will be the one to help stop this nightmare?” My answer was then, and remains now, uncomfortable but inescapable: Only we can stop the nightmare. I’ll explain. The…