Published archive
May 2026 · 9.1 / 10
May deepened the Red Zone pattern as election fairness, due process, institutional checks, and war-powers accountability all worsened further.
Red Zone
The archive is where a warning system becomes credible. It lets readers compare months, measure velocity, and see how democratic erosion accumulates through sequence rather than one headline at a time.
Live monthly warnings appear first so visitors can see what the project actually published in real time.
Historical reconstruction is useful context, but it is not a substitute for live publication.
May adds Tennessee map erases Black district as the latest benchmark label affecting the public score path.
How democratic danger accelerated from elevated concern into a sustained Red Zone reading.
Start with the latest month, then step backward to see how the risk accumulated rather than arriving all at once.
May deepened the Red Zone pattern as election fairness, due process, institutional checks, and war-powers accountability all worsened further.
April moved the U.S. into explicit Red Zone territory and introduced the public model’s countervailing-check framework.
The last public score before the official Red Zone entry, useful for comparing what changed as the warning intensified.
The published baseline before the sharp late-winter acceleration accelerated across multiple categories.
Archive page for the published score trajectory and broader historical escalation record.