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The Right’s Demonization of Democracy
An ongoing canard on the Right and among MAGA types is that the United States is “not a democracy but a republic.” This piece by Barbara Clark Smith of the Smithsonian Institution is a fine, concise historical review of the relationship of … Continue reading
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Affirming Democracy, Gathering Resistance 