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Party Labels and the Courts: Ohio’s Shift Toward a Partisan Judiciary
On September 4th, I attended an Ohio College Democrats’ meeting and listened to Judge Lisa…
City Council: A Perfect Storm for Democratic Erosion
Redrawing the Lines: Issue 1, Political Polarization between Ohio Voters
Through the Franklin County Democratic party, I had the opportunity to participate in several canvasing…
Duking-it-Out: How an Ohio Group Promotes Dialogue in their Polarized Community
How Changes To Columbus’s LEAP Program Demonstrate the Strength’s Of Our Democratic System
Lead exposure is an urgent issue in Ohio. These last two weeks I had the…
City Council and Solving Politics
Efficiency. Responsiveness. Order. They were all perfectly present in the 48th regular meeting of the…
Calling for Local Engagement: The Ohio Democratic Party Phone Bank
For the last two weeks, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I have volunteered for the Ohio…
Rallying for Democracy: Ohio’s 2024 Senate Race
Polarization is Here, and You Can Find It on Your College Campus
Signs of polarization are everywhere, including in your classroom and student organizations. A few weeks…
A Local Stage For Big Issues
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Is American democracy under threat? What about democracy in the West, or the world? If democracy is under threat, what can we do about it? And if it’s not under threat, why are so many of us so worried that it is? The Democratic Erosion Consortium aims to help answer these questions through a combination of research, teaching, and civic and policy engagement.
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Read a profile of the consortium’s first year in Washington Post Magazine.
Hear Professor Rob Blair talk about the motivation for the consortium and the state of American democracy with NPR’s Rhode Island affiliate.
Learn why looking abroad inspires optimism in democracy at home in Inside Higher Ed.
Listen to students reflect on their experience participating in the consortium in the Trending Globally podcast, recorded as part of our first annual Democratic Erosion conference.