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Book Talk – When Democracy Breaks

The Ash Center invites you to watch a book talk with contributors to When Democracy Breaks (Oxford, 2023), a new edited volume intended to deepen our understanding of what separates democratic resilience from democratic fragility — by focusing on the latter.

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Before the Civil Rights Act, My Great-Uncle from Roxbury Took on Pullman in 1954 — and Won
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Before the Civil Rights Act, My Great-Uncle from Roxbury Took on Pullman in 1954 — and Won

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Terms of Engagement – Can Ideological Diversity Improve Campus Culture?

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The Present — and Future — of Alternatives to Police

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The Present — and Future — of Alternatives to Police

Allen Lab Affiliate Benjamin A. Barsky examines alternative emergency response programs — arguing for a democratic model of public safety governance in which responses to nonviolent incidents are shared across government and civil society rather than dominated by police.