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Democracy Works host Michael Berkman talks with Christopher Claassen, a political scientist at the University of Glasgow, about how to... more
Dahlia Lithwick, Slate's senior legal correspondent, joins us to discuss how the Supreme Court has shaped — and could continue... more
Author and scholar Eddue Glaude Jr. joins us to discuss what happens when we let the heavy democratic lifting fall... more
Chris Beem talks with political theorist Alexandre Lefebvre about why liberalism is more than just a political ideas and procedures,... more
Anthropologist Jason De León joins us to discuss his book "Soldiers and Kings," which tells the stories of smugglers who... more
We're back from summer break with a deep dive on the National Popular vote Interstate Compact, a campaign to render... more
While Democracy Works is on summer break, we bring you an episode from our friends at Making Peace Visible, a... more
We've reached the end of another school year and another season of Democracy Works. Before we go on summer break,... more
Democracy Works host Michael Berkman, director of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy and professor of political science, talks with fellow... more
At the end of April, South Africa marked the 30th anniversary of its first post-Apartheid election — the first in... more
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