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We discuss how each of us is a node of possibility for change in the climate crisis, taking us from overwhelm to participation.
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.
We discuss the radical idea that dissidence belongs to all of us. Living with truth is the starting point to being a citizen changemaker and to taking impactful civic action.
We discuss the vision of an everyone-a-changemaker society. Now is the moment to step up to protect healthy civil society in America by making the mechanisms and the rituals for participation in local politics more robust and more meaningful.
We discuss why Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is running for Senate in Michigan and what kind of Senator he aspires to be. A public health expert with deep understanding of the healthcare system, Dr. El-Sayed believes that Medicare for All can be a realistic future.
We discuss the foundational lies of the Lost Cause, the organic nature of more recent lies, and the constant vigilance necessary to defend democracy.
We discuss the main goals of copaganda: narrowing our conception of safety and threat, constantly warning us that those harms are increasing, and telling us that the solution to our fears is more investment in the punishment bureaucracy.
We discuss the building blocks of the authoritarian playbook, the strategy behind intersectional solidarity, and the power of knowing your neighbor.
We discuss the strategy for electing from-the-gut economic populists who exude outsider vibes and who acknowledge that our system is broken. They are often outsiders who believe in issues such as protecting social security and taxing billionaires, which are super majoritarian issues. Outsiders can win in blue, purple, and red states.
We discuss the influence of the U.S.-China relationship on American democracy, on issues ranging from “garbage time” to soft power to geopolitical dominance of the South China Sea.
We discuss the corrupting effect of the Citizens United decision on policymaking and elections.
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 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.