Is American democracy in crisis? In this week’s episode of The Civic Forum, Rory Truex is joined by Dartmouth professors John Carey and Brendan Nyhan, co-founders of Bright Line Watch, the project tracking democratic backsliding in America.They discuss:

• Why expert ratings of U.S. democracy have dropped to historic lows.
• Why the U.S. may now resemble countries like Brazil or Hungary more than Canada or the U.K.
• The failure of Congress and political elites to check presidential power.
• Whether Democrats should “fight fire with fire” or risk deepening the spiral.
• What ordinary citizens can do to push back against authoritarianism.