Archive - If you can keep it

How *you* can protect democracy

29 concrete actions you can take right now to protect our system of government

Jan 6, 2025 • Quinn Raymond

Why collective action is the only way

History shows how democracy wins

Mar 27, 2025 • Ian Bassin

Separating truth from fiction on the “fork in the road”

Civil servants deserve to make life-changing decisions with accurate information and without coercion

Feb 4, 2025 • Erica Newland and Jules Torti

Reverse-engineering autocracy

Thinking like authoritarians can help defeat them

Feb 21, 2025 • Aaron Baird and Ben Raderstorf

The ‘Chipocalypse’ is now

A training ground for the military?

Oct 7, 2025 • Amanda Carpenter

The hard-won hope of the long defeat

A mindset for a dark time

Aug 27, 2025 • Ian Bassin

Trump’s next move to silence free speech is coming

How Trump will vilify and attack civil society

Apr 17, 2025 • Ian Bassin

Eight rules of antiauthoritarianism

Introducing the Democracy Atlas

Aug 5, 2025 • Emily Rodriguez

What the RIF just happened?

How to understand courts’ rulings pausing RIFs and agency closures

May 28, 2025 • Erica Newland, Jules Torti, and Ellinor Heywood

Introducing: The Entrenchment Agenda

How Trump plans to dig in, cement power, and crush competition

Jan 23, 2025 • Amanda Carpenter

How *not* to look away

Cruelty is central to the authoritarian playbook

Apr 11, 2025 • Ben Raderstorf

How to brace for Friday Night Massacres

Getting our democracy through the next 206 weekends

Feb 7, 2025 • Ben Raderstorf

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