From the Salem witch trials to the Astroworld disaster, conspiracy theories and reformist narratives have battled for dominance in the American consciousness.
Welcome Remarks Achilles Tsaltas, President, Democracy & Culture Foundation Reimagining the Building Blocks of Democracy Anthony Kefalas, Kim Conniff Taber, Editorial Director, PMarcel…
“With the benefit of hindsight, it is clear that it was naive to expect democracy to spread to all corners of the world. The authoritarian turn of recent years reflects the flaws and failings of…
“By most accounts...China’s economic model has not turned toward market liberalism since 2001 but instead consolidated into a form of state capitalism that Beijing hopes to export globally. WTO…
“Reforming the current Republican Party would mean a million grass-roots battles to retake the base. Understandable that people would just prefer to start a new movement...but you could never create…
“Afghanistan presents Joe Biden” with a serious problem. “If he completes the military withdrawal, he will end a seemingly interminable intervention and bring home thousands of troops. But, if he…
“Why is Beijing still going after Hong Kong so hard when the repression generates pushback from much of the world? One explanation is that there is a gap between China’s national interests and the…
The success of ECommerce stars “is evidence of what may be an evolution away from online services as a homogeneous — and largely American-dominated — global blob. And it shows we may now be on the…
“Simply counting the number of women in political office does not provide a full picture of women’s political power...doing so distorts perceptions of progress and reinforces the flawed assumption…
