Democracy News and Blog Posts

At the Future of Democracy Forum, a diverse group of leaders reached a key point of consensus—social breakdown is a far bigger threat to our democracies than we’re acknowledging. We must meet this division with understanding and connection to reinvigorate democratic society.

Ahead of the 2024 Presidential Election, political polarization is surging with catchy phrases and clever terms that may fall furtively under the radar of voters and subject them to pernicious filter bubbles.

Last weekend was our first opportunity to watch the two campaigns directly respond to each other and to get a sense of what both camps feel will be their strongest arguments in the months ahead.

That principle – that voters should decide elections rather than judges – is unassailable.

Bridging practitioners are planning a movement: to mainstream the demand for high-quality conversations and relationships via improved skill sets like open-mindedness, deep listening and better understanding of our differences to act on our commonalities.

Voting is a major issue on the right and the left. Both sides want free and fair elections, but they have different ideas of what the problem is with our current election model.

The Supreme Court is back in session this week, and the docket for the new term includes two cases that could fundamentally shift the state of democracy in the United States.

Both sides are concerned about democracy being under threat — but often for very different reasons.

China never went away, of course, but it will soon be much harder to ignore for a number of reasons.

One testimony from the hearings has been particularly overlooked, but no words from these hearings will end up mattering more.