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Anne Applebaum’s new book, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism, opens two decades ago with a rollicking New Year’s Eve party that she and her husband threw at their renovated country estate in Poland to celebrate the triumphant end of the 20th century. Applebaum is a historian of Eastern Europe under communism, the author of Red Famine and the Pulitzer Prize–winning Gulag: A History; her husband, Radosław Sikorski, is a center-right politician who at various times has served as Poland’s foreign and defense ministers. Unsurprisingly, the guest list include...

POLITICO Get the POLITICO Nightly newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by PL+US and Paid Leave For All First In Nightly GRASSROOTS STICK WITH TRUMP — The recriminations came swiftly after Wednesday’s deadly insurrection at the Capitol, in calls for President Donald Trump’s impeachment and White...

McCourtney Institute spring events to explore the future of American democracy Donna Shalala, Anne Applebaum and Danielle Allen, left to right, will present lectures in the coming weeks as part of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy's virtual events series. Visit democracy.psu.edu/virtual-events for more information and to register. Image: Penn State McCourtney Institute spring events to explore the future of American democracy January 08, 2021 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Following a tumultuous election and violence in Washington, many observers of American democracy are asking whether the Un...

Liesl Schillinger on The Magnet and The Megaphone January 7, 2021 Yesterday, on January 6th, one of the darkest days in this country’s history as a democratic nation, the US Capitol was overrun by a pro-Trump mob that had been incited to invade the premises by the defeated president at a rally earlier in the day. His seditious intention was for his supporters to disrupt the confirmation of the 2020 Electoral College vote—which traditionally is an undramatic, pro forma step in the orderly transition of power after a presidential election—in which the the fait accompli of Joe Biden’s v...

It’s also democracy. Hours after the pro-Trump mob was peacefully pushed out, the duly-elected politicians returned to conducting the people’s work they were doing before they were rudely interrupted. And in the wee hours of the night, ending a very long day, they ratified the people’s will by confirming Joe Biden as the next president of the United States. Like many, I was horrified watching what unfolded Wednesday in Washington. It made me sad, angry and worried about the fate of democracy in the nation where it was born in the modern era. I turned to the book I’m reading – Tw...