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Black-and-white photograph of protesters, early twentieth century.

Preamble

Uncivil Liberty

By Lewis H. Lapham

The labor of democracy never ends.

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Essay

Hiding in Plain Sight

By David Graeber and David Wengrow

Democracy’s indigenous origins in the Americas.

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Essay

A Story of Use and Abuse

By Arlene W. Saxonhouse

Athenian democracy in the political imagination.

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Essay

In the People’s House There Are Many Mansions

By Thomas Geoghegan

Why we need more DIY government.

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Essay

Our Chief Danger

By William Hogeland

The story of the democratic movements that the framers of the U.S. Constitution feared and sought to suppress.

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Essay

Nongoloza’s Ghost

By Sisonke Msimang

The legacy of violence in the struggle for freedom in South Africa.

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