Unsticking Congress: Maya Kornberg
May 7th, 2026
”Engage with Congress.”
We discuss the myriad of ways to fix Congress, ranging from campaign finance reform and age limits to town hall meetings and stopping violence against members of Congress.
Maya Kornberg is senior research fellow at NYU Law’s Brennan Center for Justice and author of Stuck: How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress.
Your civic action toolkit recommendations from Maya are:
Engage with your member of Congress!
Share what matters for you and demand your member to take action
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Credits:
Host: Mila Atmos
Guest: Maya Kornberg
Executive Producer: Zack Travis
Executive Editor: Mila Atmos