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The Frontline
Essays and dispatches from democracy’s front lines — where ordinary citizens risk everything to organize, resist, and rebuild when their republics come under attack.
Each month, The Frontline brings a new essay or dispatch by an activist, journalist, scholar, or civic leader on the ground — published in a partnership between CANVAS and the Journal of Democracy.
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What “Leaderless” Actually Means
Gen Z protests are about more than a generation. Uprisings like the one we helped lead in Kenya are rewriting how movements organize, and how states fight back. Read the column →
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