Congress Has a Responsibility to Engage with Constituents
As legislators shut off communication, we need to find new ways to engage.
Article/Op-Ed in Vox
Feb. 10, 2017
Mark Schmitt wrote for Vox's Polyarchy on the dangers of Congress members ignoring their phones:
There might be polling on an issue, but polls don’t measure passion, and politics should respond not just to broad preferences but also to strongly held passions and the acute needs of a small number of people.