The Economy
BY SUSAN LEHMAN | BIGTENTUSA ???? Inflation Down, Spirits Up…For Now. Good news! The Consumer Price Index (CPI) cooled in July compared to 2023, which served as evidence that inflation is […]
Vigilantism is the new Voter Suppression
BY THE BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE | DEMOCRACY DOCKET | BIGTENTUSA ???? State of play: The use of targeting voter rolls to urge election officials to purge voter registrations is […]
Christian Nationalism: Clear and Present Danger
BY BREANNA GLOVER | BIGTENTUSA ????What’s the issue: Christian Nationalism, a once-fringe ideology, has infiltrated the mainstream, and is shaping the far-right extremist political agenda. This movement advocates for increased […]
Moderate Women Voters: What to Watch for in 2024
BY JACKIE PAYNE | GALVANIZE As we kick off another election year, let’s take a moment to acknowledge how anxious or frightened many of us are feeling. Our democracy and […]
Alabama’s War on Women
BY BREANNA GLOVER | BIGTENTUSA ???? What you need to know: The recent anti-IVF legislation in Alabama has stirred significant controversy and concern, prompting a rapid response from lawmakers, healthcare […]
Disqualification Upholds Democracy
BY WENDY ROGOVIN | BIGTENTUSA “The Constitution itself tells us that disqualification of the former president is not anti-democratic. Rather, the Constitution tells us that it is the conduct that […]
It’s Not Apathy. It’s Youth Voter Suppression.
By LAURA BRILL | THE CIVICS CENTER There it was again, this time in the Washington Post, a throw-away line about the supposed “apathy” of young voters. It was, as […]
Antisemitism: A New Cloak
BY JILL BAYER CIPORIN | BIGTENTUSA Last week, at a holiday luncheon, one of my BigTent friends showed me a Star of David around her neck – much like the […]
Code Red for our Democracy
BY JAY GUO | THE STATUS KUO It’s no longer possible to ignore the parallels, nor pretend it was just a one-time thing. In a speech before his MAGA faithful […]
How American Democracy Fell So Far Behind
BY STEVEN LEVITSKY AND DANEL ZIBLATT | AUTHORS, THE TYRANNY OF THE MINORITY (This is an excerpt from an article published in The Atlantic in September 2023.) The country’s Constitution […]
Election 2023: What Happened in Ohio?
BY BREANNA GLOVER | BIGTENTUSA What’s the Issue: Voters in areas of the South & the Rust Belt voted in line with preserving reproductive freedoms. Ohioans voted to approve Issue 1, […]
Let America Read, Again
BY SUSAN LEHMAN | BIGTENTUSA BigTentUSA hosted a virtual Spotlight Speaker series with speakers Suzanne Nossel, CEO PEN America, Richard Dresser, President Writers Guild Initiative and moderated by producer, Evangeline […]
BigTentUSA: United for Democracy
By SUSAN LEHMAN | BIGTENTUSA “America is still a place of possibilities, a beacon for the world, a promise realized—where the power forever resides with ‘We the People’. That’s our […]
Never Turn Our Backs to Free Expression
By SUZANNE NOSSEL | PEN AMERICA, CEO Beware the artist. In the struggle against authoritarianism, artists play an overlooked role as catalysts for social change, drivers of accountability, and prophets of […]
Democracy Centers: Saving Democracy (Really.)
By KITTY DOUGLAS | BIGTENTUSA Democracy Centers are literally saving democracy. But what are Democracy Centers really? Democracy Centers are located in BIPOC communities where more than 55% of eligible […]