As we write this introduction in late summer of 2024, presidential politics dominate the headlines, not just in the United States, but internationally as well. According to the Associated Press, more than fifty presidential or legislative elections affecting over half of the global population were planned for 2024. Calls for change have been heard around the world, and candidates everywhere have laid out their visions for the future.2
Calls for change and discussions about the future have also been major themes in the archival literature—not just this year but for many years, as we have seen in the latest