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Centering Community Colleges in Civic Engagement and Local Deliberation
This brief summarizes key themes and insights from the convening 鈥淐ommunity Colleges at the Center of Civic Engagement.鈥
Once Again, Politicians Are Choosing Their Voters. It鈥檚 Time for Voters To Choose Back.
Maresa Strano wrote for The Fulcrum on the importance of citizen-led ballot initiatives in the fight against democratic backsliding.
Give Wisconsin voters more say through ballot initiatives
Maresa Strano and Matt Rothschild wrote for Wisconsin State Journal, arguing for instituting citizen-led initiatives in Wisconsin.
Texas redistricting crisis has foreign echoes 鈥 and foreign solutions
Lee Drutman’s Substack piece on gerrymandering was quoted in The Washington Post.
Think Tanks in an Authoritarian Moment
Mark Schmitt wrote for The Democracy Journal on the role of think tanks in an age of authoritarianism.
Designing the Future
The work of civic reinvention.
Elon’s party in the USA
Lee Drutman was on Vox’s Today, Explained to discuss third parties and proportional representation.
The Ruins of Winner-Take-All Governance and the Democratic Party’s Dark Age
Lee Drutman was on The Open Mind by THIRTEEN PBS to discuss the importance of electoral reform and flaws within our current systems.
Opinion | What Elon Musk Gets Wrong 麻豆果冻传媒 Our Broken Political System
Lee Drutman wrote for Politico on what is actually needed to build a sustainable and healthy multiparty system.