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Real Skills, Real Income: Why Youth Apprenticeship Is Resonating Now

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Future-Proofing U.S. Nuclear Policy: Forecasting Outcomes of the Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile

Future-Proofing U.S. Nuclear Policy: Forecasting Outcomes of the Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile

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Debunking Myths on Student Parent Data Collection

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Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

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Harnessing Terrorism Data to Reshape U.S. National Security Policy

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Designing for Community Engagement

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Designing for Community Engagement

Dec 8, 2021

Archon Fung, Hollie Russon Gilman, Mark Schmitt

Global Cities as Reservoirs of Democracy

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Global Cities as Reservoirs of Democracy

This policy brief draws on an October 12, 2021 roundtable held by the City of Budapest, the City of Los Angeles, and ��Ƶ.

Nov 30, 2021

Heather Hurlburt, Alexandra Stark

Statement in Support of the Freedom to Vote Act

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Statement in Support of the Freedom to Vote Act

We, the undersigned, are scholars of democracy writing in support of the Freedom to Vote Act.

Nov 21, 2021

Building the Relationships for Collaborative Governance

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Building the Relationships for Collaborative Governance

Nov 17, 2021

Mark Schmitt, Hollie Russon Gilman

Does Ranked-Choice Voting Affect Attitudes Toward Running for Office?

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Does Ranked-Choice Voting Affect Attitudes Toward Running for Office?

Experiments find mostly null effects in the relationship between ranked-choice voting messaging and interest in running for office.

Nov 17, 2021

Jack Santucci, Jamil Scott

What We Know ��Ƶ Ranked-Choice Voting

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What We Know ��Ƶ Ranked-Choice Voting

This report offers the first systematic overview of the modern literature on ranked-choice voting in the United States.

Nov 10, 2021

Lee Drutman, Maresa Strano

What’s the Point of Off-year Elections?

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What’s the Point of Off-year Elections?

In this Q&A, political experts Lee Drutman and Maresa Strano examine the weird world of odd-year elections.

Nov 2, 2021

Maresa Strano, Lee Drutman

How to strengthen American democracy and fight back against illiberal authoritarianism by rebuilding the center

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How to strengthen American democracy and fight back against illiberal authoritarianism by rebuilding the center

In an era of escalating hyper-partisan warfare, fusion voting could open the door to more compromise and coalition building.

Nov 1, 2021

Lee Drutman

Democratizing the Federal Regulatory Process

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Democratizing the Federal Regulatory Process

Sep 29, 2021

Hollie Russon Gilman, Mark Schmitt, Archon Fung

Redefining National Security

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Redefining National Security

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Real Skills, Real Income: Why Youth Apprenticeship Is Resonating Now

Future-Proofing U.S. Nuclear Policy: Forecasting Outcomes of the Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile

Debunking Myths on Student Parent Data Collection

The App Store Accountability Act Poses Serious Concerns for Privacy, Security, and Free Expression

Redrawing School Boundaries for Fairer Funding

Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

Harnessing Terrorism Data to Reshape U.S. National Security Policy

Establishing a National Housing Loss Rate

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What’s the Point of Off-year Elections?

How to strengthen American democracy and fight back against illiberal authoritarianism by rebuilding the center

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