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Left-of-center political quarterly. Named Best New Publication by the Independent Press Awards, and described as what Obama's reading by Politico.

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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 6h
Through open attacks on the rule of law, rising costs of living, and efforts to undermine the courts—Democracy and our writers have been here, exploring what it takes to maintain a democracy in the twenty-first century.
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 28/09/2026
Miguel A. Cardona is calling for us to uplift the teaching profession, prioritize sustainable investment, and improve collaboration between schools, government, and the broader community.
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 25/09/2026
Trump’s dismemberment of the Department of Education provides a “mirror-image roadmap” for the next administration, according to Kevin Carey. However, instead of doing away with the department, Carey suggests replacing it with something three times bigger: The Department of Children and Learning.
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 23/09/2026
As students and educators return to school, the issues impacting the U.S. education system are front of mind: school closures, AI, book bans, literacy rates, the mental health crisis. All of these topics populate the zeitgeist, but where is comprehensive policy to tackle them?
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 22/09/2026
Whether AI is to blame or not, recent graduates are entering a workforce that mirrors the Great Recession. This won’t just impact these new grads for a few years.
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 18/09/2026
At long last, the Supreme Court has struck down President Trump’s attempts to restrict mail-in voting. But this ruling was a rare win for democracy at a time when the conservative supermajority has taken the Court in a distinctly anti-democratic direction.
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 17/09/2026
Can’t get enough Democracy in your life? Sign up for our newsletter! We’ll notify you when new pieces are published, share deep dives into our archive, and let you in on ways to further engage with the journal. You’ll always be the first to know what Democracy has in store.
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 16/09/2026
We’re excited to share that pieces from the fall issue of Democracy are now available online! Explore everything from ways to improve the U.S. education system to America’s monopoly crisis here: democracyjournal.org/category/mag...
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 10/09/2026
If we want to defend ourselves and our democracy from authoritarianism, “we must invite people into the process of policymaking,” posits Elizabeth Wilkins (@elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social), president and CEO of the Roosevelt Institute.
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 08/09/2026
Democracy readers, today is International Literacy Day! Literacy is a baseline skill for engaging with a democratic society. It is one that we all have a responsibility to pass on to the next generation. So we’re highlighting two pieces that tackle literacy, both literal and civic.
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 07/09/2026
Happy Labor Day! As you return from the holiday weekend, we wanted to take a moment to share our latest essay.
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 03/09/2026
Labor Day is around the corner, so here at Democracy, we’re taking a look at the past—and future—of the labor movement.
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 02/09/2026
Taxes: the ultimate bogeyman in American politics. The progressive income tax is being attacked from all sides, argue tax experts Chye-Ching Huang (@dashching.bsky.social), David Kamin (@davidkamin.bsky.social), and Brandon DeBot. However, is there a case to be made FOR the income tax?
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 01/09/2026
Turn on the news, scroll through social media, or peruse the politics section at your local bookstore, and you’re bound to come across countless arguments about how we can preserve American democracy.
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 29/08/2026
Robert Kuttner's Notes for Next Time is a memoir that traces how the postwar New Deal consensus built shared prosperity and how it came undone.
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 27/08/2026
The time has come—the Summer 2026 issue of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas is here!
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 26/08/2026
Writing in the aftermath of the 2016 election, Susan Faludi grapples with a hard question: How did the feminist movement fail to see so many white working-class women vote against it?
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 25/08/2026
In New York City, property owners are pushing back hard on Mayor Zohran Mamdani's pied-à-terre tax: suing to block it and threatening to pull business from the city. A tax like this is one way progressives are trying to tax the rich.
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 20/08/2026
Summer is fading—and for millions of teens, the break has come and gone without a once universal rite of passage: the summer job.
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 19/08/2026
While the need to address the soaring cost of living is undeniable, a more humane and compelling vision for the country must move beyond the current obsession with the “cost of stuff” and grapple with a deeper question: What would help people feel satisfied with their lives?
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 18/08/2026
Neoliberalism has failed. For 50 years, we were promised prosperity through tax cuts, deregulation, and weakened labor protections. Instead, we got authoritarian populism and collapsing faith in democracy.
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 17/08/2026
As a nonprofit publication, Democracy only exists because of your support. For the past 20 years, Democracy has taken on the questions that don’t have easy answers and explored what a serious twenty-first-century liberalism should do in response.
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 12/08/2026
Back to school, back to the fight for democracy 📚 Here's what's on your syllabus for Democracy 101:
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 11/08/2026
Jason Burke’s The Revolutionists: The Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s is an “authoritative,” “excellent,” and “thorough” guide to how we talk about political violence today.
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 06/08/2026
In light of reports that Trump believes HHS Secretary RFK isn’t anti-vax enough, we’re taking a look back at some of Democracy’s previous pieces on vaccines, science, and medical autonomy.
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 04/08/2026
Harvey Kaye finds Cory Haala’s When Democrats Won the Heartland to be thorough, exciting, and potentially even a blueprint for the left today.
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 01/08/2026
Is there even an American democracy to preserve in the first place? Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jefferson Cowie says no.
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 30/07/2026
Democracy’s summer tax symposium dares to challenge the mainstream progressive belief on taxation: that virtually no one other than millionaires should pay even a penny more in taxes.
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 29/07/2026
We at Democracy are pro-government. That’s why our Summer 2026 issue takes on the tax reforms we desperately need to fund a government that makes people's lives better: health care, child care, education, housing, transportation.
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 25/07/2026
The Trump Administration’s flagrant anti-immigrant policies and deployment of ICE officers have shattered the U.S. immigration system and sparked fear and protests across the country.
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Democracy Journal @democracyjournal.org · 24/07/2026
To be anti-tax means being anti-government. In the latest issue of Democracy, we published our new tax symposium, diving into everything from corporate taxes to taxing the rich to the IRS and direct file.
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