Democracy Works
The Democracy Works podcast seeks to answer that question by examining a different aspect of democratic life each week — from voting to criminal justice to the free press and everything in between. We interview experts who study democracy, as well as peop
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Public schools, not government schools
Our guest this week argues that, much like democracy itself, public education is an ideal that we’ve never quite lived up to. We discuss the constitutional...
Reforming criminal justice from the inside out
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner joins us to discuss the promise and peril of institutional reform and how he built a coalition of voters...
Understanding — and addressing — domestic terrorism
The FBI recently reported that it’s opened 2,000 domestic terrorism investigations since 2017. How the United States responds to these threats touches...
Anne Applebaum on why democracy is not inevitable
Journalist, author, and historian Anne Applebaum says that democracy is not like running water — something that we know will always be there when...
A path forward for social media and democracy
The U.S. Capitol insurrection broke open a lot of conversations that had long been simmering under the surface about social media and democracy. Michal...
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