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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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Suspect citizens in a democracy [revisited]
This week marks the beginning of our summer break here on Democracy Works. We are going to be rebroadcasting a few episodes from our back catalog —...
The second annual Democracy Works listener mailbag
Before we take a short summer break, Michael and Chris answer your questions about democracy in our current moment. Thank you to everyone who sent in...
How to end democracy’s doom loop
As we bring this season of Democracy Works to a close, we’re going to end in a place similar to where we began — discussing the role of political...
The clumsy journey to antiracism
This week, we are bringing you another interview that we hope will give some context to the discussions about racism and inequality that are happening...
Civil rights, civil unrest
As protests continue throughout the U.S. in the wake of George Floyd’s death, we’ve been thinking a lot about comparisons to the Civil Rights era...
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