Norman Eisen’s love letter to democracy
As we’ve previously discussed, there are a lot of books about democracy filling book store and library shelves right now. Norman Eisen could have written a book in the vein of Daniel Ziblatt and Steve...
26 Nov 201834min
Winning the “democracy lottery”
Robin Teater It’s not the Powerball or the Mega Millions, but this democracy lottery does give people the chance to directly impact information that appears on the ballot in their state. Like a lot of...
19 Nov 201840min
From soldier-statesman to the warrior ethos: Gen. Wesley Clark on the military and democracy
Gen. Wesley Clark We observe Veterans Day this week, a time when people across the United States remember and thank those who have served in the military. While the military remains one of the most re...
12 Nov 201839min
Protecting democracy from foreign interference — recorded live at the National Press Club
Laura Rosenberger With the midterms this week, all eyes are on the threat of election hacking and interference. Electoral integrity is important, but as you’ll hear in this week’s episode, the threats...
5 Nov 201832min
Will Millennials disrupt democracy?
Stella Rouse From cooking to shopping to getting around town, disruption is the name of the game for Millennials. Will they do the same thing to democracy? Millennials, or those born between 1981 and ...
29 Okt 201837min
David Frum on developing the habits of democracy
Around the McCourtney Institute, we like to say that we’re “partisans for democracy.” We can think of few people who better embody that notion today than David Frum. He was among the first people to t...
22 Okt 201840min
When states sue the federal government
It seems like every few weeks, we see headlines about states banding together to block actions taken by the federal government. You might even remember former Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott quippi...
15 Okt 201829min
How “if it bleeds, it leads” impacts democracy
Peter Enns The problems with the prison system in the U.S. have been well documented, but what’s not talked about nearly as often is how things got this way. Why does there seem to be such enthusiasm ...
8 Okt 201834min
