The first-ever criminal trial of a former president was a parade of tawdry testimony about Donald Trump. He used it to launch an attack on the justice system.
The foundational democratic principle that no one is above the law withstood the first criminal trial of a former American president. But the strain is starting to show.
Autocrats are actively attempting to dismantle the very foundational documents that hold our democracy together, effectively eroding our freedoms. A reversionary, obstructionist faction has become hostile to the most basic
NPR’s David Folkenflik ’91, the Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist in the College of Arts and Sciences, will moderate a panel of noted journalists and faculty to discuss how the news media is navigating an era of political polarization amid shrinking newsrooms.