We discuss  the power of showing up for local politics and the benefits of running an in-person campaign without relying on social media.

We discuss  the work of governors across several states to defend the rights of their residents. GovAct serves as an innovation hub for policies on democracy, public health, and reproductive rights.

We discuss the investments to foster civic participation on college campuses, voter behavior among young people, and getting ready for the midterms.

We discuss the concept of deliberative representative democracy by ordinary citizens, which means representing and being represented in turn.

We discuss grassroots organizing, voting rights for U.S. territories and First Nations, and the state of elections in Georgia.

We discuss how our everyday choices to resist, organize, and act collectively can stop authoritarian takeovers. Feeling powerless does not mean that we’re actually powerless!

We discuss the role of schools to form effective citizens in our democracy. It’s necessary to prioritize the teaching of our history and our government.

We discuss  the dangers of book bans and censorship, the power of civic action on the local level, and the intersection of libraries and human rights.

We discuss  orienting our personal choices toward the collective in order to make the changes in the systems that organize our world.

We discuss how being pro-democracy is a big tent coalition. In fact, it is our national identity.

We discuss the promise of radical liberalism to deliver equal freedom for all.

We discuss the building blocks of narrative power and the strategies to succeed in changing hearts and minds.

We discuss the complexity of gun violence in the United States and the reality that strong gun laws save lives with Emma Brown, the executive director of GIFFORDS, an organization whose mission is to save lives from gun violence in America.

We discuss how AI can both serve the public interest and advance the goals of our democracy, despite the misgivings about the current state of AI.

We discuss how AI can both serve the public interest and advance the goals of our democracy, despite the misgivings about the current state of AI.

We discuss Practical Radicals: Seven Strategies to Change the World—a guide for a new generation of activists seeking not just to understand power, but to build it.

A fair, humane, and orderly immigration system should think of the US as the top destination for top talent from around the world, as well as a beacon of hope. Changing the law to give permanent legal status and a pathway to citizenship would fix the current failed immigration system.

We discuss how the everyday voter can make strategic political campaign donations just like a billionaire with Brian Derrick, the co-founder of Oath.

We discuss the unavoidable intersection between our capitalist economy and democratic governance, and how their relationship plays out through campaign finance and other political transactions.

We discuss how the struggle for transparency is really a struggle for the soul of American democracy with Miranda Spivack, author of Backroom Deals in Our Backyard: How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes Fighting Back.