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With their major midterm victory and a new majority, the Democrats approached the presidential race of 2028 in a position of strength. From moderate Midwest governors to militant left figures, several profiles are now emerging to embody the gathering. The details of Lex Paulson, researcher at the School of Collective Intelligence at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Rabat.
Jennie Shin is pleased to welcome Éric Fassin, Sociologist and Professor at Université Paris 8. “In a democracy, elections are very important, but it’s not the end of democracy. It’s the beginning,” explains Fassin. He interprets France’s student protest movement growing into a challenge to socioeconomic policy and what he describes as an “illiberal turn” in government. Connecting the treatment of working-class, racialized youth with wider restrictions on dissent, he argues that racism and democratic participation are central to understanding the unrest. His analysis also challenges the attrib
