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Americans are worried about democracy. You wouldn’t know it from the GOP debate.

BY: - August 25, 2023

There’s a growing feeling, among both experts and ordinary Americans, that our democracy isn’t functioning well — and even that it’s under threat. “American democracy is cracking,” the Washington Post reported August 18. “I’m terrified,” one democracy expert told the paper. “I think we are in bad shape, and I don’t know a way out.” […]

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The ceiling of the main Rotunda inside Pennsylvania’s Capitol building. May 24, 2022. Harrisburg, Pa. (Photo by Amanda Berg, for the Capital-Star).

Let’s stand up for truth and democracy in 2023 | Jill Sunday Bartoli

BY: - January 20, 2023

Join together with others and make your voices heard.

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Replica of the United States Bill of Rights (Getty Images).

Pa. voters stood up on Election Day. But defending democracy means playing the long game | Opinion

BY: - November 13, 2022

We must do all we can to continue to push back against the mainstreaming of hate and extremism.

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It’s up to Democrats in Pa. and D.C. to defend democracy. So far, that isn’t happening | Opinion

BY: - January 13, 2022

Just as surely as history repeats itself, the American Experiment is at risk of failing. But history also points the way to its salvation.