In a brief but urgent letter to the Fargo Forum, John A. Jorgensen asks his fellow citizens to rethink what it means to live “in the land of the free.” Disillusioned with both major parties and nostalgic for a time when they still conversed civilly, he issues a simple call: save our democracy.

As the world observes the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, Taiwan and the United States affirm that the memories of 1989 endure. Both regions emphasize that the global community will never forget the pro-democracy demonstrators who stood in Tiananmen Square.