Democracy
Daily Comment
Can Guatemalans Save Their Democracy?
Months after the election, President-elect Bernardo Arévalo’s path to taking office remains uncertain.
The Political Scene Podcast
Liz Cheney: Donald Trump Should Go to Jail if Convicted
Once a top Republican, Cheney is calling out her former colleagues in Congress—including Speaker Mike Johnson—for “enabling” a would-be dictator.
The Political Scene Podcast
How Did Our Democracy Get So Fragile?
Jelani Cobb, Jill Lepore, and Evan Osnos on the precarious state of American democracy and why—yet again—we risk losing it in the upcoming Presidential election.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Dolly Parton “Busted a Gut” Reaching for the High Notes on “Rockstar”
The country legend finds freedom in her first venture into rock. Plus, Jill Lepore, Jelani Cobb, and Evan Osnos on how American democracy got so precarious.
Q. & A.
Al Gore Doesn’t Say I Told You So
The former Vice-President revisits his early advocacy for the environment, assesses the impact of Elon Musk, and explains his optimism about two existential crises.
Under Review
How Do We Survive the Constitution?
In “Tyranny of the Minority,” Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt argue that the document has doomed our politics. But it can also save them.
Daily Comment
The Worrying Democratic Erosions in South Korea
In recent months, authorities have raided offices of press outlets publishing critical reports on President Yoon Suk-yeol.
The New Yorker Interview
Isabel Allende’s Vision of History
Fifty years after the overthrow of Salvador Allende, the novelist speaks about the Chilean coup and the threats to American democracy today.
Daily Comment
Is Guatemala About to See an Upset Win for Democracy?
The government’s attempts to influence the election have brought an unexpected opportunity for a candidate with a particular connection to the country’s history.
Daily Comment
In Israel, a Glimpse of a Trumpian Future
Netanyahu is willing to undermine the rule of law in order to insure his own political survival. Sound familiar?
Daily Comment
The Supreme Court Declines to Dismantle Democracy
The Court has consigned the independent-state-legislature theory to the “dustbin of history.” But, even as the electoral system remains intact, it’s worth reckoning with its fragility.
Letter from Biden’s Washington
What Joe Biden Didn’t Say to Narendra Modi
Whether “hypocritical pivot” or pure pragmatism, the President had more than one reason to skip the lectures on democracy.
The New Yorker Interview
A. G. Sulzberger on the Battles Within and Against the New York Times
The paper’s publisher discusses bias in reporting, the Times’ financial comeback, and criticisms of its coverage of Trump, trans issues, and the war in Ukraine.
Daily Comment
Tunisia Arrests Its Most Prominent Opposition Leader
Rached Ghannouchi has been a voice for democracy in his nation and across the Muslim world.
The New Yorker Interview
A Biden Ally on the Post-Indictment Stakes of Another Trump Presidency
The historian Jon Meacham discusses Trump’s prospects for 2024, whether criminal charges change the outlook, and his own reason for turning down a formal role in the Biden Administration.
Annals of Inquiry
What’s the Path Forward for Haiti?
As the international community contemplates another armed intervention, a reckoning with history is long overdue.
Q. & A.
The Origins of Netanyahu’s “All-Systems Assault” on Israeli Democracy
A new coalition has brought extremist politics into the mainstream, but undemocratic strains go back to the country’s founding.
American Chronicles
The Devastating New History of the January 6th Insurrection
The House report describes both a catastrophe and a way forward.
Daily Comment
How Dissent Grows in China
The protests of recent weeks carry an echo, and a warning, from the Maoist era.
Daily Comment
Why I Quit Elon Musk’s Twitter
A platform that once represented the new frontier of digital democracy is being used by the world’s richest man to troll us all.