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Transparency is Insufficient: Lessons From Civic Technology for Anticorruption

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Transparency is Insufficient: Lessons From Civic Technology for Anticorruption

Allen Lab Researcher David Riveros Garcia draws on his experience building civic technology to fight corruption in Paraguay to make the case that effective civic technology must include power and collective action in its design.

Inside Trump’s White House

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Inside Trump’s White House

White House reporter Annie Linskey offers a closer look at how the Trump White House makes decisions and what recent actions reveal about its strategy.

So, Is It Fascism?

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So, Is It Fascism?

Jonathan Rauch joins the podcast to discuss why he now believes “fascism” accurately describes Trump’s governing style.

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