A defining principle of American democracy is the limited use of theU.S. military for domestic law enforcement — a tradition now being tested. This report explores what a rarely used 1807 law could … [Read more...] about The Insurrection Act, the 2026 Election and American Business
Authoritarianism
The Authoritarianism We Have Not Yet Confronted
By Jarvis Williams What the Rooms Told Me Over the past three years, first as Director for Race and Democracy and most recently as a Democracy Fellow with the Horizons Project, I have had the … [Read more...] about The Authoritarianism We Have Not Yet Confronted
Literature Review: Collaborating Across Difference to Reduce Authoritarianism
Amid democratic backsliding, rising authoritarianism, and the securitization of our civic spaces, the collective civic power needed to realize democratic change is being hampered by movement … [Read more...] about Literature Review: Collaborating Across Difference to Reduce Authoritarianism
Exploring Narrative Practices for Broad-based Movements in Contexts of Democratic Decline
*This piece was originally published on March 1, 2023 on OpenGlobalRights by Chief Network Weaver Julia Roig and James Savage. Versión en Español The rise in authoritarianism and … [Read more...] about Exploring Narrative Practices for Broad-based Movements in Contexts of Democratic Decline
The VISTA: June 2026
In June, we kicked off the World Cup in the US, Mexico, and Canada and the No ICE in the Cup initiative ramped up as well. This has been a truly cross-pillar effort and there is still time to get … [Read more...] about The VISTA: June 2026
