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Highlights: Lessons from The Democracy Playbook on how to prevent and reverse democratic backsliding

Thursday, November 14, 2019

Ukrainian Ambassador William Taylor arrives to testify during the first public hearings held by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence as part of the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S., November 13, 2019. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS - RC2FAD9CUGIG

The US civil service: Protectors of the republic

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

US Republican presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (C) waves to supporters during a campaign rally at the Three Kings Day Parade in Miami's Little Havana January 13, 2008. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA) - GM1DXANTGTAA

Can a presidential candidate really skip the early states? Ask Rudy Giuliani

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the news media before boarding Marine One to depart for travel to Georgia from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 8, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC247D90BIFM

Will impeachment matter in 2020? This week in impeachment

Friday, November 8, 2019

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, director for European Affairs at the National Security Council, arrives to testify as part of the U.S. House of Representatives impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Trump led by the House Intelligence, House Foreign Affairs and House Oversight and Reform Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 29, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC1838F82860

The ‘deep state’ AKA the steady state strikes back: This week in impeachment

Friday, November 1, 2019

A man walks past multi-colored homes that face the now-closed Bethlehem Steel mill in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S. April 22, 2016. After Bethlehem Steel's blast furnaces went silent 20 years ago in the city of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the local economy bounced back as new industrial parks filled with e-commerce companies and white-collar businesses fleeing New York's higher costs. That adds to the challenge for Donald Trump, Republican nominee for the U.S. presidency, as he seeks voters' backing in the state's primary on April 26. REUTERS/Brian Snyder SEARCH "BETHLEHEM STEEL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES - GF10000393653

The states that will decide the 2020 election oppose impeaching President Trump

William A. Galston

Friday, November 1, 2019

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks at the USA Thank You Tour event at the Wisconsin State Fair Exposition Center in West Allis, Wisconsin, U.S., December 13, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton - RC11082E4D90

Can anything move public opinion on impeachment and removal? This week in impeachment

Friday, October 25, 2019

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi stands and speaks to U.S. President Donald Trump during an October 16 meeting about Syria between lawmakers, the president and members of the Trump administration in the White House cabinet room in an official White House handout photo released by the White House in Washington, U.S. October 17, 2019. Picture taken October 16, 2019. Shealah Craighead/The White House/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC175A7B6990

All roads lead to Putin: This week in impeachment

Friday, October 18, 2019

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders speaks as Senator Kamala Harris and former Vice President Joe Biden listen during the fourth U.S. Democratic presidential candidates 2020 election debate in Westerville, Ohio, U.S., October 15, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton - HP1EFAG05F29M

Democratic debate winners: voters, campaigns, and democracy

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One as he departs Washington for travel to Minnesota from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., October 10, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC16E7006B70

Some anti-Trump voters are ambivalent about impeaching him

William A. Galston

Friday, October 11, 2019