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When people lose trust in democracy but don’t fully understand the dangers of the alternatives, authoritarian ideas can start to sound appealing.
KF Senior Fellow David French joined us on #TheSt...
Few people understand American voters like KF Senior Fellow Sarah Longwell.
In this week's episode of #TheContext with The Democracy Group, take a deep dive into how everyday Americans feel about...
Galveston, Texas. June 19, 1865. US Army Major General Gordon Granger arrives with Black Union soldiers and announces the end of slavery in Texas. This is our Juneteenth origin story.
Last summ...
KF Senior Fellow David French joins #TheStakes with Brad Rourke to discuss the return of “wretched ideas” once discredited by history.
As memories of past failures fade and charismatic leaders w...
In this episode of The Stakes, host Brad Rourke talks with New York Times Columnist and Kettering Senior Fellow David French about the return of “wretched ideas” earlier generations learned to rej...
At a moment when Americans want a justice system that plays by the rules for everyone, the slush fund is raising urgent questions—but not from everyday Americans. KF Senior Fellow Sarah Longwell j...
Democracy is a conversation. In the United States, and every other democracy, we’re continually talking with one another about what issues deserve our attention, what our nation stands for, and wha...
How many ways can authoritarianism take hold? 🤔
In the latest episode of #TheContext, KF Senior Fellow William Kristol examines the distinctions between fascism, communism, and nazism, and what t..
KF Senior Fellow William Kristol, editor-at-large of @bulwarkmedia joins us to discuss how eroding trust is helping authoritarianism gain ground in America and what that shift means for democracie...
KF Senior Fellow William Kristol, editor-at-large of The Bulwark, joins us to discuss how eroding trust is helping authoritarianism gain ground in America and what that shift means for democracies ...
Authoritarianism is gaining ground in democracies around the world—often with populist, nativist rhetoric. In the United States, this trend threatens to demolish democratic government. And shifts i...
Most people don’t avoid opposing viewpoints because they’re closed-minded. Usually, it’s because those conversations feel personal, uncomfortable, or impossible to navigate.
Sellah King’oro joins...
The line between peaceful politics and violent conflict can be fragile. In recent years, there have been many instances of election-related violence around the world. One of the worst examples occu...
History isn’t just something we study. It’s something we step into.
In the series finale of “Democracy, Under Construction,” Nikole Hannah-Jones joins us to explore how everyday choices shape the...
🤔 What does playing your part look like right now?
In today’s new episode of #TheContext, we close out our “Democracy, Under Constructions” series with Pulitzer Prize-winning Nikole Hannah-Jones...
The history of the United States is littered with injustices. What should patriotism look like when our country does wrong? And how can we be patriotic, in spite of injustices? Can we hope for bett...
Tomorrow, a new episode of #TheContext releases—and it’s one you won’t want to miss.
We’re closing out “Democracy, Under Construction” with Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of The 1619 Project, Pulit...
Hungarian voters delivered a decisive electoral upset to strongman Viktor Orbán, who spent 16 years consolidating power, capturing institutions, and portraying himself as the global template for il...
In episode two of our “Democracy, Under Construction” series on #TheContext, historian Jules Gill-Peterson draws from her research to reframe the conversation around trans health care. Improving ac...
“You think it’s over, think it’s been settled, then 50 years later, bam, you’re right there again.”
On #TheContext, historian Jules Gill-Peterson, author of Histories of the Transgender Child, br...