The Primary Process Is Killing Democracy
Reading Time: 9 minutes Nearly every part of the current primary process defeats the purpose of finding good candidates. Let’s burn the old system to the ground and start over. Here is how.
Tragically Funny Quotes on Democracy
Reading Time: 4 minutes Devastatingly accurate comments on democracy.
Tragically Funny Quotes on Democracy
Reading Time: 4 minutes Devastatingly accurate comments on democracy.
Democracies Are Not Forever… Is the US Headed Down the Same Path As Rome?
Reading Time: 14 minutes A preeminent scholar of Rome examines the parallels to what we are experiencing today.
The Deep State vs. Democracy: Can We Now Handle the Truth?
Reading Time: 15 minutes Journalist David Talbot talks about a new effort, joined by the Kennedy and King families as well as many others, to have Congress reopen assassination probes.
WhoWhatWhy’s Top Election Integrity Stories of 2018
Reading Time: 5 minutes This year WhoWhatWhy spent considerable resources shining a light on election vulnerabilities, and how bad actors both foreign and domestic are trying to undermine our most precious resource, democracy. We think some of these outstanding pieces deserve a second look.
Getting the Count Right: Experts Debate Election Audits at MIT Conference
Reading Time: 4 minutes A democracy relies on its citizens voting. But what if there is no mechanism in place to ensure the election results accurately reflect the voters’ wishes? A recent conference on election audits at MIT tried to bring greater awareness to this critical issue.
Tragically Funny Quotes on Democracy
Reading Time: 4 minutes Devastatingly accurate comments on democracy.
GOP’s Scorched Earth Approach Makes a Mockery of Democracy
Reading Time: 3 minutes Opinion: If you can’t win, cheat. And if you can’t win cheating, cheat more. That has been the motto of Republicans in various states following the midterm elections.
The Internet Is Killing Democracy
Reading Time: 13 minutes Jamie Bartlett, whose TED Talk about the “dark web” has been viewed by over two million people, explains how democracy and technology may be incompatible.