“It would be a dereliction of duty to sit by idly as the president chips away at our democracy, day by day,” Takano concluded. . ..…

Editors’ Note: This essay is part of Boston Review’s special project Democracy’s Promise. . . . . 2001 casts a long shadow on contemporary global politics. The War on Terror, which was announced the day after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, would be as Secretary Donald..…

On the day that Saigon, the capital of the Republic of Vietnam, fell and that country ceased to exist, I approached one of my ARVN classmates, also captain, wanting at least to acknowledge the magnitude of the disaster that had occurred.. ..…