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Nov 30

Bill on president’s tax returns, voting access will be Democrats’ 1st in the new Congress

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

House Democrats on Friday unveiled their first bill for the new Congress, a good-government package to limit big money in politics, make it easier for citizens to vote and require presidents to disclose their tax returns.

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Oct 16

Watch 6:20
How restrictive voting requirements target minorities

Weeks before the 2018 midterm elections, concerns remain about possible voter suppression tactics in various regions of the U.S. Why do voter roll purges, voter ID requirements and poll shutdowns disproportionately affect minority communities? Emory University professor Carol Anderson joins…

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Oct 08

Why Eleanor Roosevelt’s civics book for kids is making a comeback

By Vic Pasquantonio

"It’s a gift that we live in a democracy," says Roosevelt's granddaughter, Nancy Ireland. "And we don’t want that threatened or taken away due to lack of interest or lack of understanding of what it means."…

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Sep 07

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Obama: ‘You cannot sit back and wait for a savior’

Former President Obama aimed sharp criticism at President Trump in a speech at the University of Illinois, where he also called on Democrats to vote in the midterm elections and warned that the biggest threat to democracy is indifference.

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Aug 10

Opinion: If we want to stop Russian interference, start in the classroom

By Mark Weber

Our adversaries believe many Americans are susceptible to foreign manipulation. As educators, we should think carefully about whether our schools have played a role.

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Jul 31

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The problem with fear in politics

Philosopher Martha Nussbaum wrote her latest book, “The Monarchy of Fear,” to better understand the 2016 election. She tells Jeffrey Brown that when fear gets into the mix, we fail to work out actual problems.

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Jan 16

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Democracy is in retreat in the U.S. and around the world, report finds. What happened?

By Larisa Epatko

Democracy faced its most serious crisis in decades last year. That stark verdict comes from the annual report of Freedom House, which charted the world's 12th consecutive year of decline in freedom. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Ohio…

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Oct 18

Opinion: Why your alarmism over Trump is dangerous for democracy

By Shadi Hamid

Once the door to the criminalization of political and ideological disagreement is opened, it may be near impossible to close it.

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Mar 13

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Al Gore: We need to restore American democracy’s immunity to blatant falsehoods

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Former Vice President Al Gore is troubled by what he sees as an American vulnerability to false assertions driving political policy. Gore has just re-released his book “The Assault on Reason,” 10 years after its original publication with an update…

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Feb 06

8 books on politics to read right now, from indie bookstore Politics & Prose

By Elizabeth Flock

This week, we went to our local independent bookseller, Politics and Prose, for their thoughts on what to read right now. Here are eight books -- both old and new -- recommended by the P&P staff, who chose to focus…

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