What Bulgaria’s Protests Reveal About Change at Scale Every so often, a moment breaks through the assumption that large systems can’t move. Recent protests in Bulgaria—marked by sustained public pressure, political instability, and leadership shakeups—have reignited a quiet question many people carry but rarely voice: Can entire governments actually change when people demand it? The answer...
As another year turns over, the headlines feel heavier than usual. Democracy in the United States is described as fragile, eroding, or already broken. A US president openly flirts with the idea of a third term. Supreme Courts, Federal institutions, and norms that once felt immovable now feel negotiable. The word authoritarian no longer sounds hypothetical. And beneath all of it is a quieter, more...
