Episode 13: What Are Ballot Initiatives and How Are They Used?
How can citizens put laws to a ballot vote and what’s threatening that right? Maresa Strano and Chris Melody Fields Figueredo explain.
Democracy
Once Again, Politicians Are Choosing Their Voters. It’s Time for Voters To Choose Back.
Maresa Strano wrote for The Fulcrum on the importance of citizen-led ballot initiatives in the fight against democratic backsliding.
Give Wisconsin voters more say through ballot initiatives
Maresa Strano and Matt Rothschild wrote for Wisconsin State Journal, arguing for instituting citizen-led initiatives in Wisconsin.
Texas redistricting crisis has foreign echoes — and foreign solutions
Lee Drutman’s Substack piece on gerrymandering was quoted in The Washington Post.
Episode 12: How Governments Use AI
How is AI shaping government now and in the future? Lilian Coral and Amen Ra Mashariki explore its evolving role in public decision-making.
Think Tanks in an Authoritarian Moment
Mark Schmitt wrote for The Democracy Journal on the role of think tanks in an age of authoritarianism.
Designing the Future
The work of civic reinvention.
Elon’s party in the USA
Lee Drutman was on Vox’s Today, Explained to discuss third parties and proportional representation.
The Ruins of Winner-Take-All Governance and the Democratic Party’s Dark Age
Lee Drutman was on The Open Mind by THIRTEEN PBS to discuss the importance of electoral reform and flaws within our current systems.
Opinion | What Elon Musk Gets Wrong About Our Broken Political System
Lee Drutman wrote for Politico on what is actually needed to build a sustainable and healthy multiparty system.