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Terms of Engagement

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From Congress to Kitchen Tables: Understanding the Impact of the Government Shutdown

Archon Fung and Stephen Richer are joined on Terms of Engagement by Air Traffic Controller Jack Criss to discuss the real-world impact of the ongoing shutdown.

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Beyond the Ballot: Ensuring a Transparent, Secure, and Fair Election in 2024
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Beyond the Ballot: Ensuring a Transparent, Secure, and Fair Election in 2024

Election integrity is under the microscope as we near the 2024 Presidential Election, and many Americans are apprehensive about election security, the timeframe of learning the results, and how peaceful the transfer of power will be.

Episode 8: How to Undercut Political Violence
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Podcast

Episode 8: How to Undercut Political Violence

Host Jay Ulfelder and Hardy Merriman discuss Merriman’s latest guide, titled Harnessing our Power to End Political Violence, which empowers people from all over the country to band together and support democracy by rejecting acts of political violence.

Tech Policy that (Actually) Serves the People

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Tech Policy that (Actually) Serves the People

Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation Fellow Ami Fields-Meyer lays out research questions for developing a new U.S. tech policy agenda that puts people first.

Building a Digital Democracy with Audrey Tang and Megan Smith

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Building a Digital Democracy with Audrey Tang and Megan Smith

The “Building a Digital Democracy” panel brought together Audrey Tang, Megan Smith, Professor Danielle Allen, and Professor Mathias Risse for a conversation on how technology is being used to transform our political institutions.

Episode 7: Policing Protests
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Podcast

Episode 7: Policing Protests

In Episode 7 of the Nonviolent Action Lab podcast, host Jay Ulfelder sits down with Professor Paul Passavant to discuss Passavant’s 2021 book, Policing Protest: The Post-Democratic State and the Figure of Black Insurrection.

The First Amendment Meets the Virtual Public Square

Commentary

The First Amendment Meets the Virtual Public Square

Allen Lab Senior Fellow, Allison Stanger, argues in the Journal of Free Speech Law that Section 230 is breaking the First Amendment.