JUNE 9, 2026: Realizing the Democratic Promise of American Politics

Of Journalism; Reshaping the AI Ethics Debate; and Campus and the Culture War

REALIZING THE DEMOCRATIC PROMISE OF AMERICAN POLITICS
Marc Edelman (CUNY): “Democracy,” USA. We finally have data to show how fast Trump has eroded American democracy and free speech. Matt Yglesias said in 2015 that American democracy was doomed—was he right? From Vox, a special series on America after Trump: How democracies fall—and how they can come back. Greg Thomas on the middle way through America’s political wilderness. Ruth Braunstein on new ideas for reinvigorating our democracy. How to defend democracy one state at a time: Laura Flanders speaks with Christopher Armitage and Sumathy Kumar about “soft secession” and building a government that actually works for people. What to Eugene Debs was the Fourth of July? Few figures on the left have been as committed to realizing the democratic promise of American politics as Eugene Debs.