by jpitney | Mar 4, 2023 | Democracy, Mexico
Nathan Gardels at Noema: Populists who fashion themselves as tribunes of the people have never met institutional checks and balances they can happily abide. Seeing themselves and their parties as embodiments of the majority will, any constraint on their power is...
by jpitney | Jan 6, 2023 | Democracy
During the speakership debate today, Rep. Joe Neguse of Colorado quoted John Adams: We may please ourselves with the prospect of free and popular Governments. But there is great Danger, that those Governments will not make us happy. God grant they may. But I fear,...
by jpitney | Dec 5, 2022 | civic virtue, Civility, Democracy, Public Opinion, Public Service
From the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service: Just weeks after the fall’s midterm elections, voters feel strongly that the country’s democracy is being threatened. While a lack of respect and civility in politics continues to remain an issue for...
by jpitney | Nov 12, 2022 | Democracy, Technology
Nathan Gardels at Noema: Democracy in its republican form is fundamentally about how diverse citizens within one community relate to each other through the institutions of self-government. And where there are interpersonal relations, there are ethics of communication...
by jpitney | Nov 1, 2022 | Civic Education, civic virtue, Democracy
Daniel Stid interviews Kristen Cambell, CEO of Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement, or PACE What do you see as the most important long-term challenge facing U.S. democracy, and what is the PACE community doing in response to it? In my opinion, the...
by jpitney | Oct 17, 2022 | Democracy
From the National Endowment for Democracy: On October 25-27, 2022, the World Movement for Democracy will hold its 11th Global Assembly in Taipei, Taiwan, to strengthen solidarity among democracy advocates around the world in their efforts to build a free world. Some...
