Dec 12, 2024
We discuss election integrity and voting machines, the amazing work of election workers, and the logistics of election audits.
Ben’s civic action toolkit recommendations are:
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Talk to your town or county clerk and offer to help.
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Be a poll worker for a day!
Ben Adida is the Executive Director of Voting...
Dec 5, 2024
We discuss why the American electorate voted the way they did in 2024, the history of various voter suppression tactics, and how we can bounce back from a feeling of post-election civic helplessness.
Michael’s civic action toolkit recommendations are:
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Use your platform!
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Do the research. Read books. Go deep on...
Nov 26, 2024
We discuss the long history of vigilante democracy in the US and its return in our current politics. The playing field is currently tilted in favor of these vigilante policies, but blue states can level the playing field by playing constitutional hardball. David Noll reminds us that the American people have beat back...
Nov 21, 2024
We discuss how the Democratic party continues to ignore AAPI voters in schools despite their increasing power at the ballot box and the necessity to build coalitions with them to win elections. Between 2016 and 2020, voter turnout in this community increased by 47%. The near doubling of AAPI voters in Georgia...
Nov 14, 2024
We discuss the intersection of feminism and democracy and discover how the egalitarian underpinnings of feminism are fundamental to an equal society. Abortion bans illustrate this well. “Any time there's a conflict between the Constitution and someone's personal bodily autonomy and the subject of rights under the law,...