How MAHA Is Coming for Women
Propaganda is a powerful tool for an autocrat. It’s crucial to step six of the Ten Steps to Autocracy: weaken the truth and fill the void with propaganda and lies. And since RFK Jr. allied with Trump ...
25 Sep 202549min
Stacey Abrams’ On The Ten Steps to Save Democracy
On this week’s episode of Assembly Required, Stacey Abrams breaks down the “Ten Steps to Autocracy,” a framework inspired by Princeton Professor Kim Scheppele that outlines the warning signs of a coun...
18 Sep 20251h 7min
The Republican Dismantling of Public Education
As back-to-school season kicks off, the Trump Administration has gutted the Department of Education, and his Republican allies in Congress have followed suit by slashing funds for our public schools. ...
11 Sep 20251h 10min
More Happier: Talking Romance Writing with Stacey Abrams and Lori Gottlieb
The Assembly Required team is taking a break this week but we’re excited to bring you an episode of Happier with Gretchen Rubin featuring our very own Stacey Abrams.In this Roundtable discussion, we e...
3 Sep 202539min
How to Fight Back Against the Republicans’ Anti-Abortion Authoritarianism
Authoritarianism takes many forms - including stripping women of their rights. This summer marked three years since Roe v. Wade was overturned, eradicating the federal constitutional right to abortion...
28 Aug 20251h 13min
Ezra Klein on Abundance and Reclaiming the Democratic Vision
In the Ten Steps to Autocracy, step four is convincing citizens that democracy just isn’t working. If democracy isn’t working, then people will be seduced by populist promises and grievance politics. ...
21 Aug 20251h 10min
How Christian Nationalism Threatens Democracy
Christian nationalism is an extremist, anti-democratic ideology rooted in the belief that the United States should be a nation for Christians to the exclusion of all others. In modern times, the Trump...
14 Aug 20251h 5min
How Trump’s War on Journalism Can End America
Donald Trump has been called many things: authoritarian, racist, liar, scam artist. Stacey Abrams is adding one more…aspiring autocrat. Inspired by Princeton professor Kim Scheppele, Stacey has remix...
7 Aug 20251h 3min
