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The Democracy Renovation Agenda

Why the United States Needs a Nationwide Journalist Shield Law
Trump Administration's Latest Subpoenas to Reporters Attack Press Freedom.
Jul 12 • Austin Sarat
The Golden Apple
Pass It On
Jul 4 • Danielle Allen
People Get Ready
There’s a pro-renovation majority within reach
Jul 1 • Bob Massie
Pushing Political Parties out of the Nest
Fly, Little Birdy, Fly!
Jul 1 • Danielle Allen
We’ve Solved Polarization!
It’s True — Read All About It
Jun 24 • Danielle Allen
Liberty and Abundance
Proposing a bipartisan alliance to break the Scarcity Cartel
Jun 22 • Aidan Fitzsimons
The Union of Power and Love
Harvard Prof. Rebecca Henderson’s keynote speech at the "After Neoliberalism: From Left to Right" conference
Jun 18
How Much Revolution Does a Guinea Buy?
And other lessons about saving democracy from the Radical Duke
Jun 17 • Danielle Allen
The case for sacrifice in business and democracy
Why giving something up can be the smartest thing a leader can do.
Jun 14 • Malcolm Salter
Lessons from Platner's Victory
Notes for the Democracy Renovation movement
Jun 11 • Danielle Allen
The Lexington Experiment
Richard Young of CivicLex on what citizens' assemblies can achieve — and what they can't.
Jun 6 • Gideon Lichfield
Harvard and the Nation
Sequoia seeds worth the will to believe
May 30 • Aidan Fitzsimons
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