Yale scholar Hélène Landemore has helped France with their government-established but citizen-run panels that recommend policies to the country’s legislature. One day, Landemore hopes, these assemblies will enact policy, too. Will her “open democracy” ideas sell in America?
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Easy on the Doomscrolling: Two Years After January 6, There Are Reasons to Be Hopeful
A firm accounting of what happened and prosecution of the perpetrators are part of the good news.
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America Does Care About Democracy and Abortion Rights
The history of midterm elections is one of beatings exacted upon the president’s party. With inflation red hot, President Joe Biden’s job approval low, and Republican Senate candidates rising in the polls, most everyone expected history to repeat itself. It didn’t. We don’t yet know which party will control either the House or Senate, but […]
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How Democrats Could Actually Keep the House
In times of crisis, the president’s party has proved that it can buck the trend of losing seats in the midterms—and voters are experiencing several crises this year.
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January 6, the Threat to Democracy, and Voters
Voters do care about threats to democracy, but so far their concern isn’t helping Democrats. Here’s why.
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Greece Invented, Lost, and Regained Democracy. It Has Lessons for the U.S.
Prime Minister Mitsotakis addresses Congress this week to celebrate shared values.
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Can Diverse Democracies Survive?
Without the glue of a shared national narrative, probably not.
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One Year After the Capitol Attack, Why Have We Done Nothing to Protect Our Democracy?
The future of the American project is at risk. It’s past time for Congress to do something about it.
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How to Fix the Senate by Essentially—Though Not Quite—Abolishing It
A proposed amendment to remake the chamber that is systematically killing our democracy.
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Saving Democracy Will Require Institutional and Civil Resistance at All Levels
How blue America can save the country from a far-right authoritarian movement taking over the Republican Party.
