Democracy: Why Bother?
By AMITA ARUDPRAGASAM The United States and Europe have traditionally spent substantial financial and human resources to promote democracy. They
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Misplaced Hope? Cities and the Future of American Democracy
BY QUINTON MAYNE For many Americans, cities have become a beacon of hope. The can-do, eye-level politics of our city
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We Must Democratize Algorithms to Protect the Future of Civic Life
BY ASHLEY LEE Increasingly, we have come to think of digital platforms such as Facebook and Twitter as the public
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Can Blockchain Revolutionize Civic Engagement?
BY HAMADA ZAHAWI A year ago I was a part of a delegation from the Harvard Kennedy School competing in
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In Response: The U.S. Is Not in Decline
BY KATHERINE MANSTED Benjamin Clayton’s recent post is another outing in a long line of U.S. power pessimism, which history
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A False Bargain: Does financing autocrats bring about development?
BY GRANT TUDOR A World Bank country manager referred to Uganda’s progress in reducing poverty as “an African success story.”
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Why I Flew Across the Country to Cast My Vote for Hillary Clinton
BY AROHI SHARMA At 5:52 PM Eastern Time on Thursday, November 3, I put down the phone with the Los
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