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The Resistance Reaches into Trump Country
As organizers for No Kings 2 seek historic turnout on October 18, the broader pro-democracy movement has already broken new ground.
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The Resistance Reaches into Trump Country
As organizers for No Kings 2 seek historic turnout on October 18, the broader pro-democracy movement has already broken new ground.
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Experts, not Obstacles: Indigenous Conservation Excellence and the Trap of Conservation at any Cost
Harvard Kennedy School researchers release global scoping review finding Indigenous conservation practices achieve equal or superior results in biodiversity protection, wildfire management and sustainable management of natural resources
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Social and Economic Changes in American Indian Reservations: A Databook of the US Census and the American Community Survey, Third Edition 1990-2020
From the Harvard Project on Indigenous Governance and Development comes an updated third edition of a data book providing summary statistics for American Indian tribal communities in the lower 48 states using the public-use US Census and the American Community Survey data.
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Chicago’s Solution To Public Pension Debt is a Generational Scam
In this op-ed, Jennifer Hochschild explains that Chicago is facing a financial crisis decades in the making — a crushing burden of pension debt that no current resident created but all must bear. Instead she says, it is the result of a century of political promises, underfunded commitments, and systemic avoidance — leaving Chicagoans to reckon with the consequences today.
The Resilience of Democracy’s Third Wave
In this article, Steve Levitsky argues that, despite widespread pessimism and alarming reports of democratic decline, the so‑called “Third Wave” democracies have demonstrated remarkable resilience—maintaining historically high levels of democratic governance—thanks to structural forces like economic development and enduring electoral competition
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Experiential Civic Learning for American Democracy
A new report provides a clear, actionable framework for effective experiential civic learning—what it is, why it matters, and how to do it well.
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Legitimacy: The Right to Rule in a Wanton World
In his book, Arthur Isak Applbaum argues that government legitimacy requires more than procedural consent—it demands the protection of rights, political equality, and coherent governance.
Policy Brief
Information Inequality Can Be a Matter of Life or Death
In this paper, Mary W. Graham, co-director of the Center’s Transparency Policy Project, examines how unintended information inequities undermine critical health and safety alerts. Focusing on three key policies — wildfire alerts, drinking water reports, and auto safety recalls — she identifies common roots of these disparities and highlights efforts by policymakers to address them.
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Democratize Work: The Case for Reorganizing the Economy
In this volume, Julie Battilana and her co-authors compellingly argue that workplace democracy holds the key to restoring balance between the economy and society.