For many, it feels like we’ve been shot out of a cannon since the start of the new year. As we marked the five-year anniversary of the January … [Read more...] about THE VISTA: January 2026
Nonviolent Action
U.S. Catholics are facing an authoritarian threat. The church has been here before.
The Catholic Church in the United States today is facing a crucial test. How will the church lead under what the New York Times columnist Ross Douthat calls an “imperial presidency,” marked by daily … [Read more...] about U.S. Catholics are facing an authoritarian threat. The church has been here before.
Nonviolent Action Resources and Training
Nonviolent movements are statistically more effective at combatting authoritarianism than violent resistance. Anyone can engage in nonviolent action: from quiet acts of disruption to consumer … [Read more...] about Nonviolent Action Resources and Training
Authoritarianism: How You Know It When You See It
What is democracy? Forms of rights-based representative government in which: Source: Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century What is … [Read more...] about Authoritarianism: How You Know It When You See It
Big Tents and Collective Action Can Defeat Authoritarianism
In their New York Times essay, Steven Levitsky, Lucan Way, and Daniel Ziblatt argue that the United States has crossed over into a form of competitive authoritarianism, a system that may have … [Read more...] about Big Tents and Collective Action Can Defeat Authoritarianism
When Loyalties Shift: Americans’ Growing Noncooperation with Federal Abuses of Power
Evidence shows that an increasing number of Americans from all walks of life and from various economic sectors and political identities disapprove of — and are refusing to accept — mounting abuses of … [Read more...] about When Loyalties Shift: Americans’ Growing Noncooperation with Federal Abuses of Power
