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Shaping the Democracy of Tomorrow

The autocratic adolescent never grows up
How powerful AI could make authoritarianism permanent
 • Ian Bassin and Nicole Schneidman
Congress’ 'hidden majorities'
It’s time to let legislators work across party lines
 • Max Spitzer and Alex Tausanovitch
Let’s talk about proportional representation
One big idea to end gerrymandering and get democracy back on track
 • Blake Jelley
2:25
'Everybody knows it's broken'
Proportional representation could end gerrymandering, fix Congress, and build a true multiracial democracy
 • Lee Drutman, Grant Tudor, and Deana El-Mallawany
23:20
The next era could come sooner than you think
This Thanksgiving, we’re thankful for the possibility of renewal
 • Grant Tudor and Lee Drutman
The counterintuitive way to fix Congress
Internal divisions are good, actually
 • Alex Tausanovitch and Cyrena Kokolis
‘Forge something better out of the wreckage’
Corruption, polarization, and how to avoid a death spiral
 • Ansley Skipper and Ben Raderstorf
36:04
Democracy in the time of artificial intelligence
Announcing the AI for Democracy Action Lab
 • Ian Bassin and Nicole Schneidman
How to end the forever redistricting wars
Gerrymandering is made possible by this one choice
 • Ansley Skipper and Drew Penrose
History’s lessons for reform advocates
Why (and how) to keep diverse pathways to proportional representation open
 • Ben Raderstorf and G. Michael Parsons
What Britain’s election shake-up means for American democracy
Party systems are less stable than they seem
 • Farbod Faraji
Three stories that are actually the same story
Party systems explain everything around me
 • Ben Raderstorf
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