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And it is ultimately leaders who shape the outcomes, argues Larry M. Bartels, the author of “Democracy Erodes From the Top.” Public opinion, he suggests, is less an active wave than a passive ...

Longtime CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer was honored with the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication's top award.

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But this time it’s Republicans who will bear primary responsibility for protecting U.S. democracy ... Trump successfully extricated his top rival, Nikki Haley, from the party in that process ...

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But as close observers of people and places where democracy has come under pressure and occasionally buckled, we see creeping autocracy as a distinct and underdiscussed possibility. We know well ...