North America: Democratic Erosion in Plain Sight
Power, propaganda, and the fight for liberal democracy in the Atlantic's western anchor
Why North America Matters Now
North America is at an inflection point. The United States, once treated as the guarantor of democratic norms, is now testing the limits of its own guardrails. Canada and Mexico feel the ripple effects in courts, media, trade, and security. What happens here does not stay here. It travels across the Atlantic, reshapes alliances, and lowers the bar for authoritarians everywhere.
This hub tracks the pattern, not just the headlines. We follow three linked trends. First, dissent recoded as disorder or terror, which chills protest and narrows civic space. Second, the manipulation of culture and information, from lawsuits that price truth out of the market to attempts to sanitize public memory. Third, the capture of referees, where loyalty replaces competence and independent institutions bend toward power.
Our perspective is transatlantic. We show how shifts in Washington reverberate in Ottawa and Mexico City, and how they ricochet into Europe through security, energy, and finance. When the western anchor drifts, the whole bridge sways. Read the deep dives, follow the dispatches, and share the work. Democracy is defended by informed citizens who refuse silence.
America at Risk, Why It Matters and How to Respond
The United States is drifting toward open authoritarian rule. Protest is recoded as terror, history is sanitized, the press is punished, and law bends to loyalty. Here is what is happening, why Europe should care, and how people can still pull the country back. Read, share, act. Click here for the full article.