10 Steps to Repair American Democracy

In his new book, 10 Steps to Repair American Democracy, author Steven Hill says that American democracy has been working about as well as the levees around New Orleans. Hill, who is director of the New America Foundation’s Political Reform program, establishes that American democracy is rooted in outdated methods and practices, from voting equipment to the way we elect the President and Congress. He outlines ways for overhauling and reinvigorating our political system and presents a comprehensive vision for how American democracy could work, and the reforms that will take use there — from a more robust election administration regime to a national election holiday to free airtime for candidates to direct election of the President, term limits for Supreme Court justices, media reform, campaign finance reform, instant runoff voting, universal voter registration, and the end of winner take-all elections.

10 Steps to Repair American Democracy, which has a foreword by the New Yorker’s Hendrik Hertzberg, is a “one-stop” shopping guide to what’s broken about democracy in the United States, and what Americans can do to repair it. Drawing on the author’s 20 years of scholarship, journalism and advocacy, this book will change the way you think about American politics.

Participants

• Steven Hill
  Director, Political Reform Program
  New America Foundation
• Michael Lind
  Whitehead Senior Fellow
  New America Foundation