Democracy Works

This episode of Democracy Works originally aired in May 2018.The next census is still a few years away in 2020, but the U.S. Census Bureau is already hard…

It seems like every few weeks, we see headlines about states banding together to block actions taken by the federal government. You might even remember…

As a piece in The Atlantic recently noted, democracy is not natural. Becoming a democratic citizen involves a set of behaviors that need to be learned and…

From gerrymandering to record voter turnout, it's been a busy year for democracy. This doesn't mean that everything has been positive, but there's…

A retired four-star general, 2004 presidential contender, author and commentator, Wesley Clark is now starting a nonpartisan organization. The goal of…

Land-grant universities were once known as "democracy's colleges," places where people who were not wealthy elites could earn the education necessary to…

There are a lot of books about democracy filling book store and library shelves right now. Norman Eisen could have written one of those books, but chose…

It's not the Powerball or the Mega Millions, but this democracy lottery does give people the chance to directly impact information that appears on the…

This episode is being released on Veterans Day, a time when people across the United States remember and thank those who have served in the military.…

From cooking to shopping to getting around town, disruption is the name of the game for Millennials. Will they do the same thing to democracy?Millennials,…