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Author: Maria J. Stephan
U.S. Catholics are facing an authoritarian threat. The church has b...
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...
Authoritarianism: How You Know It When You See It
What is democracy? Forms of rights-based representative government in which: elected government leadership is constrained by constitutionalism, the rule of law, the separation of powers, the free expression of the...
Author: Maria J. Stephan
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...
The Brain on Authoritarianism
The Horizons Project and Beyond Conflict partnered to create this video on 'The Brain on Authoritarianism' to support broad-based "united front" organizing in response to the rising authoritarian threat in...
Author: Julia Roig
Block, Bridge, and Build: A Framework to Forge a More Democratic Fu...
We are living through a period of upheaval. In this world of uncertainty, one thing is clear: The need for coordinated, collective action is urgent. Recently, the people at Convergence Magazine developed a...
Author: Maria J. Stephan
When Loyalties Shift: Americans’ Growing Noncooperation with Federa...
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 —...
Fascism and Isolation vs. Democracy and Interconnection: The Narrat...
By Mónica Roa, PuentesOne way to understand our time is as a battleground of intense narrative disputes. On one side, the climate emergency, the impact of artificial intelligence on employment,...
THE VISTA: December 2025
As 2025 comes to a close, many of us may still be trying to make sense of what we are living through with the second Trump administration. This article offers...
Horizons Welcomes Ruth Moreno as Director for Ecosystem Engagement
The Horizons Project team is excited to announce that Ruth Moreno has joined our team as Director of Ecosystem Engagement. Ruth is a Dominican Afro-Latine strategist, facilitator, and organizer with...