What happened across the United States on March 28 wasn’t just another round of protests. It was a serious warning sign — a clear indication that American democracy has reached a point where its formal institutions alone may no longer be enough to protect it.

Millions of people took to the streets as part of the “No Kings” movement, from the heart of New York to smaller cities on the edges of the country. This wasn’t random anger. It reflected a growing belief that the crisis we’re facing isn’t temporary — it’s deep and structural.

While Donald Trump continues to undermine democratic norms at home, he’s also pushed the United States toward yet another expensive and open-ended conflict with Iran. At this stage, the question isn’t whether democracy is in danger. The real question is whether anything is left that can actually stop this slide.

Modern authoritarianism doesn’t usually arrive with tanks in the streets. It creeps in slowly, eating away at institutions from the inside. That’s exactly what we’ve seen during the Trump era: constant attacks on the media, pressure on judges to fall in line, the weakening of basic norms around peaceful power transfers, and the........

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