Tomorrow Project Challenges
Autocracy
Is America becoming an autocracy – with an administration that shuts down dissent and uses military force against protests, and a Republican Congress that falls in line out of fear, as Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski says? Is America's democracy strong enough to withstand the present moment? What is your opinion?
[Photo: "Fallen" by Acer Sacharrum, YWP]
Worth reading:
- "Senate GOP Gambles Its Legacy and Political Fate on Bill," The New York Times, July 1, 2025
- "Murkowski Casts Decisive Vote for Trump Policy Bill," The New York Times, July 1, 2025
- "A Startling Admission from a GOP Senator: 'We Are All Afraid,'" The New York Times, April 17, 2025
- "This Is What Autocracy Looks Like" by Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times, June 10, 2025
- "Trump Wants to be a Strongman, But He's Actually a Weak Man," by Jamelle Bouie, The New York Times, June 11, 2025