The Sisyphean Constraints of a Polarization-Era Protest. By Amalia Perez @ Brown University.
The steps of Rhode Island's state house rung electric on Sept 7, 2016, as hundreds gathered in protest against restrictive immigration policy and...
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Looking beyond Laws: Lessons from Activists in Pawtucket by Micah Rosen @ Brown University
It is easy to think of democracy in terms of laws and policies. If everyone is allowed to participate in a democracy, then even if they do not,...
Mr. Thirty Percent: How did Abe Manage to Win Reelection? by Jonathan Silin @ Brown University
In my previous post, I discussed the fact that while Abe employs populist-leaning tendencies in his policymaking, he himself is not a populist....
Reflections on Public Service and Democracy with Preet Bharara by Matthew Jarrell @ Brown University
John Adams famously wrote that the infant United States, as a new republic, was a nation of laws and not of men—by which he presumably meant no...
One Providence? Using an Interfaith Forum to Confront Polarization by Isabela Karibjanian @ Brown University
At just after 6 pm on Wednesday, November 1, Providence Mayor Jorge D. Elorza’s first Interfaith Forum began. Thirty to forty community members...
An Interfaith Forum with Mayor Elorza: Engaging Faith and ‘Uncooperative Localism’ in Providence by Zach Witkin @ Brown University
The Interfaith Forum, organized by Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza’s One Providence Initiative, united around two different ideas of “faith.” For...
A State of Chaos: Maine Fights for Democracy by Matthew Jarrell @ Brown University
Federalism is a powerful weapon for state and local governments against an anti-democratic agenda in Washington. Creeping authoritarianism within...
“Alternative” Fact is Not a Problem for Democracy by Will Conard @ Brown University
The rise of populist candidates in global politics has been accompanied by a resurgence of mistrust toward news media from both liberal and...
Student Activism Today Is Aimed More at Policy Than Democracy. By Aidan Calvelli @ Brown University
From the Vietnam War protests on campuses to the Sudanese divestment campaign (that Brown students like Scott Warren helped lead), students have...