Why States Matter
November 10, 2021
While Americans are transfixed by politics in Washington, David Toscano wants to shift our gaze closer to home. In Fighting Political Gridlock: How States Shape Our…
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Five Minutes of Common Ground: Reconciliation
November 4, 2021
Lawmakers are close to passing a historic infrastructure bill, but a group of progressive Democrats wants to pass it only if Congress also votes on…
What Education Means for Polarization
November 4, 2021
Can retooling the American education system strengthen our civic life and make our politics less polarized? Education veteran Peter Smith says yes – and he…
Laboratories of Democracy
October 21, 2021
Former Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously said that states are the laboratories of democracy. Since our nation was founded, individual states have tested out…
Reconciliation Nation
October 21, 2021
Congress is considering a multi-trillion dollar bill, referred to in the news as the reconciliation bill. It would help Americans out with childcare costs, provide…
“Getting It Done” Replay
October 7, 2021
You don’t have to be a big organization or a Washington DC lobbyist to change things for the better. We’ll talk to three people who…
Quiz: Elections – Who’s in Charge?
September 30, 2021
With particularly acrimonious elections last year and more coming up next year, how much do you know about who manages and certifies elections? Take the…
Podcast: Liberty & Justice For Some: Two Centuries of Independent Black Leaders & Movements
September 21, 2021
Forty percent of American voters today identify as independents. While some experts argue that few are truly independent – three-quarters of them lean toward one…
The Perception Gap
September 15, 2021
It’s easy to assume that people with different political philosophies are impossibly far away from where we stand, or even dangerously radical. Certainly that’s true…