Imaginative Power
Making a Good Image
Alex Garland’s Civil War and the great un-divide
- A. S. Hamrah
January 6
Democracy in the Balance
Making the Constitution Safe for Democracy
The second section of the Fourteenth Amendment offers severe penalties for menacing the right to vote—if anyone can figure out how to enforce it.
- Anthony Conwright
Democracy in the Balance
The CPAC Passion Play
Why the politics of Trumpian grievance will long outlast Trump
- Matthew Sheffield
Democracy in the Balance
Avenue Q
How a deranged conspiracy movement moved into the mainstream of the American right
- Adele M. Stan
Democracy in the Balance
The Color of Coup-Plotting
The sensational testimony of a former Trump White House aide points to the deeper roots of the January 6 putsch
- Chris Lehmann
Democracy in the Balance
The Nightmare We Need to Let Sink In
Shaye Moss’s testimony should force us to reconsider what’s politically possible
- Gene Seymour
Democracy in the Balance
Mob Misrule
The January 6 hearings depict a damning presidential break with reality
- Rafia Zakaria
Democracy in the Balance
Defeating the Next Coup
In an interview with The Forum, Rep. Jamie Raskin discusses the fallout from Jan. 6 and the battle for reproductive rights
- Chris Lehmann
Democracy in the Balance
‘They Are a Rule-or-Ruin Faction’
Rep. Jamie Raskin on the Jan. 6 committee hearings, and the perils facing our democracy
- Chris Lehmann
Democracy in the Balance
Mixed Martial Authoritarianism
How an extreme sport has become a breeding ground for rightwing militance and conspiracy mongering
- Karim Zidan
Democracy in the Balance
January 6 and the F Word
How the Trumpian putsch for power echoes the early fascist French insurrection of February 6
- John Ganz
