This Pandemic Will Transform Our Democracy鈥擯erhaps for the Better
Three ways America could emerge from COVID-19 with a stronger democracy.
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COVID-19 Hits Local Democracy Where It Hurts
The pandemic is magnifying a decade-long power struggle between conservative states and progressive cities.
What Comes After the Pandemic?
COVID-19 has laid bare the failings of U.S. democracy and capitalism. Now, we have a chance to remake our world.
Democracy Is Hard. These Cities Are Finding Ways to Pull It Off.
From Bologna to York, cities around the world are fostering real, long-lasting paths toward civic power.
And the Oscar Goes to 鈥 Voting Reform?
We’re reviving聽Maresa Strano’s argument for how ranked-choice voting could be key to聽saving both the Oscars and the U.S. electoral syst...
What鈥檚 the Iowa Caucus Got to Do with Us?
Hollie Russon Gilman highlights Iowa鈥檚 broader lessons for U.S. democracy.
The Case for Multiparty Democracy
Multiparty democracy leads to more complex political thinking, Lee Drutman writes in Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop.