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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

Apocalypse Later

Why prominent Democrats say democracy is in crisis—and then act otherwise

Ed Burmila

Democracy in the Balance

Inside the Crypto Grift

The Black capitalism myth goes digital

Anthony Conwright

Democracy in the Balance

Roe’s Reversal and The Specter of American Fascism

How the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs helps lay the groundwork for a fascist revival

Jeanelle K. Hope

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The Origin of Specious

The roots of “anti-woke” rhetoric, from Richard Hanania’s alt-right screeds to Charles Murray’s bigoted race science

Hannah Gais

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A Few Good Men

Jordan Neely’s killer and the racist violence at the heart of the American imperial project

Lyle Jeremy Rubin

Democracy in the Balance

This Year at The Forum

Highlights from our first year of publication

Forum Staff

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After the Verdict, the Movement for Justice

On the anniversary of the Say Her Name campaign, a mother reflects on the trial of Atatiana Jefferson’s killer and the work ahead

Gina Best

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Ranked Choice Voting

The GOP underestimated Dobbs’s impact on the midterms, but the defense of abortion rights remains split along racial lines

Rafia Zakaria

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How to Start a Fire

In the wake of the mass shooting at a Colorado gay bar, a reactionary media has blood on its hands

Ben Miller

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The Fed vs. Democracy

The stakes for the midterm elections couldn’t be higher, and the Democrats have ceded voters’ most urgent concerns to a few unelected officials

Jared Clemons

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Tearing the Roof Off

Private equity’s housing predation strategy

Jared Clemons

Democracy in the Balance

Beyond the Boyfriend Loophole

A flawed bid to crack down on firearm access for domestic abusers reinforces distressing structural patterns of victimization

Denzell Brown

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Climate of Impunity

How the neoliberal order helped spur the disastrous floods in Pakistan

Rafia Zakaria

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Building Schools Back Better

A Constructive Politics for Public Education

David I. Backer

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The Denial of Debt

Behind the drive to tamp down inflation is a deeper narrative of top-down class warfare

Jared Clemons