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Rory Truex, Asha Rangappa, Jasmine Sun, Micah L. Sifry, Jess Craven, Kim Lane Scheppele, Andrea R. Flores, Péter Dósa, Noam Lupu, Nick CarnesWriting on authoritarian politics and democratic erosion from Rory Truex. Home of Civic Forum podcast.
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What Both Parties Get Wrong About Immigration
Immigration is one of the thorniest issues in American politics, one so politicized its often hard to figure out what the right mix of policies should be. I’ve viewed Trump’s use of the immigration issue as a convenient excuse to undermine...
An Optimistic Take On American Democracy
Frances Lee is one of my favorite people in my department, in addition to being one of the country’s leading scholars of Congress. As my research and writing has focused more on American authoritarianism, she’s been someone I’ve looked to f...
Upcoming Events, Civic Forum Turns 1
Hi All,
Just back from vacation now, and I wanted to let you know the schedule for the remaining two live events for the summer.
August 13th, 1PM ET - Everything You Didn’t Know About Congress with
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After Orban: Lessons from Hungary On Democratic Healing
This last week’s episode was one of my favorites to record and put together, in part because of the symmetry of the whole thing. Last year I did a session with my friend and colleague ln the “Orban blueprint”— what Trump had learned from...
Is the Pro-Democracy Movement Working?
In the last year, we’ve seen the largest single day protests in American history. A dense, interconnected web of organizations and activists has emerged to combat the authoritarian moves of the Trump administration. But is any of this worki...
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Political science and public policy professor at Princeton focused on authoritarianism. Host of the Civic Forum, a podcast about the biggest issues facing democracy, in the US and elsewhere.
Asha Rangappa is a Senior Lecturer at the Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and a former Special Agent of the FBI, specializing in counterintelligence investigations.
anthropologist of disruption ✰ atlantic contributor ✰ san francisco
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Activist, organizer. Author of Chop Wood Carry Water Daily Actions. Political content creator. @jesscraven101 on all socials.
Princeton faculty member tracking backsliding democracies and defending the rule of law.
Lawyer and immigration policy expert. 15+ years working at the intersection of law, politics and policy. [email protected]
Founder and editor of The Hungary Report. I write about Hungarian politics, Orbánism, and democratic repair, using personal memory, an exile-adjacent perspective, and sarcasm to make sense of a country going through democratic rebirth.
Duke Professor ~ Bio/Foster/Adoptive Parent ~ Marvel Fan ~ Co-author (with Noam Lupu) of _Keeping Workers Off the Ballot: How Democracy Undermines Working-Class Representation_
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