The pundits thought the Democratic Party’s closing argument for the midterms was going to end in certain disaster. Swing and a miss!

The political scientist and leading elections expert explains how Donald Trump has actually—wait for it—strengthened democracy.

President Biden called on voters to reject election deniers next week. But not everyone has that power because our elections are getting less competitive.

Protesters tried to start a chant, but there were only six of them, so it wasn't very loud.

The mission for the next two years of Biden’s presidency is to tie together the ideas of economic security, democracy, and freedom—and pledge to fight the enemies of all three.

Here’s hoping the Washington Post journalist’s latest scoop makes the former president’s threats to democracy a motivation for sensible swing voters in the midterm elections.

Adam Hochschild’s new book documents a period of thriving radical groups and their devastating suppression.

There are plenty of conservatives willing to join an alliance to put the GOP out of its misery and preserve democracy.

They need to show “how close we came to losing our democracy, and embracing full-blown fascism.”

This year, more than half of GOP candidates are Big Lie cultists. Repeat: more than half. It’s getting harder to see how democracy can survive this.

The Georgia Senate candidate’s travails have neatly illuminated the GOP’s ugly core.

States were meant to be “laboratories of democracy.” Instead, they are pioneering new ways to restrict voting and distort representation.

Make no mistake, America’s experiment in popular sovereignty is in jeopardy. Here’s how this moment compares to past crises.

The South Carolina senator’s ideas may be bad—but wow, he’s so confident in them!

Fortuna and virtù are keys to success.

A handful of companies control the web. It doesn’t have to be that way.

For their policies to succeed, Democrats need to tie their economic ideas to the broader ideals all Americans are taught to cherish.

It’s probably already too late to save American democracy. Here is the series of improbable events doing so would require.

“The Great Experiment” flatters liberal readers that by expressing their distaste for cancel culture, they have become diverse democracy’s most gallant defenders. 

In this TNR Live discussion, editor Michael Tomasky and three panelists discuss threats to democracy—from Trump 2024 to the crumbling international order.