Cornell William Brooks comments on the Asheville City Council's 2020 vote to establish reparations for Black citizens. “The politics of this may not be popular relative to this administration. That's not the same thing as saying it is unlawful."
https://bit.ly/4rb8mVi
"Skeptics of AI often point to the many significant, unchecked harms that AI produces in society today. ... These harms are real and alarming, but not ones generated by AI technology. They’re business strategies, and problems generated by capitalism."
https://bit.ly/4cXxY4a
Archon Fung joins The Wheelhouse to discuss the potential impact of the SAVE America Act on American voters.
https://www.ctpublic.org/show/the-wheelhouse/2026-02-25/the-debate-over-a-plan-to-save-america-is-heating-up
In an essay for In Pursuit's Substack series highlighting key lessons from American Presidents and First Ladies, Danielle Allen argues John Adams "made his greatest impact through his choices of whom to place in positions of leadership and influence."
https://bit.ly/4cf2xCf
"The ability to disconnect a population is a feature of modern authoritarian network design. ... The human right to the internet is not just about bandwidth; it is about the right to exist within the modern public square," shares Bruce Schneier.
https://bit.ly/4kRqC4a
President Trump's second term saw more than 40,000 protests as of January 31st. Erica Chenoweth suggests these demonstrations represent "a growing, durable, and disciplined pro-democracy movement" in the United States.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-protests-2675299041/#
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Jeanne Sheehan Zaino, Democracy Visiting Fellow at the Ash Center, reflects on Jesse Jackson's civil rights legacy and the enduring impacts of "the reforms he championed in the Democratic party."
https://jeannesheehanzaino.substack.com/p/a-force-for-change?r=pa0h9
"The value and reliability of the whole information ecosystem still depend on the energy, enterprise, and expertise of the first responders. ... It is imperative that we find new ways to support journalists," shares Nancy Gibbs.
https://bit.ly/4tRx1AE
An upcoming lecture by Danielle Allen at Penn State University will offer reflections on the Declaration of Independence and feature an exploration of the text's applications in modern democratic times.
https://bit.ly/4tKGyJC
In a recent article, Bruce Schneier and co-authors illustrate how prompt injection attacks against AI models represent catalysts for a kill chain sequence, and offer defensive strategies for security engineering.
Learn more here ⤵️
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-promptware-kill-chain
"Compared to race-conscious districting, proportional representation has the big advantage that it achieves even greater minority representation without any race-based lines at all," shares Nicholas Stephanopoulos.
https://bit.ly/4s19Z8M
“The largest number of people to vote for anything in the history of Maine have said they don’t want super PACs. ... It demonstrates that this is a deeply purple issue; there was no difference in the results in red districts or blue districts."
https://bit.ly/4tHG86G
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Pita Limjaroenrat assesses the potential outcomes of Thailand's upcoming general election. "This election will be very critical because it's either a democratic turning point or a cycle of instability—and that remains to be seen."
https://bloom.bg/4affPNM
"The greatest threat to the global standing of American universities comes from Washington, not Beijing. What’s at stake is ... the enduring excellence of institutions that have long driven innovation and prosperity in this country." - Ariel Procaccia.
https://nyti.ms/4rfpAlb
Allen Lab Researcher David Riveros Garcia draws on his experience building civic technology to fight corruption in Paraguay to make the case that effective civic technology must include power and collective action in its design.
https://bit.ly/4qwU2G8
Danielle Allen on a recent vote by the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education: "I believe we ought to be experimenting with three-year degrees, instead of four-year degrees, which would bring the expense burden down considerably, [and] quite rapidly."
https://bit.ly/4tNT5fF
"As soon as you put any AI system in a position of power, where it is making a recommendation to a government, that means it will be hacked," shares Bruce Schneier.
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https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/02/worried-about-how-ai-may-affect-foreign-policy-you-should-be/
The Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation hosted After Neoliberalism: From Left to Right, convening 300+ leading thinkers from across the spectrum to think out loud together on the future of political economy.
All conference videos are now available:
https://bit.ly/46EIg5i
"When the people as a whole control elections, and when a majority winner is required, the election system cannot be anywhere nearly so easily captured by corrupt or hyperpartisan interests," shares Danielle Allen.
https://bit.ly/3OxpmXS
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"As we think about the relationship of higher education to society ... it’s a responsibility that we have, to sort of maintain that science of democracy over time and make sure it’s passed from one generation to the next," shares Danielle Allen.
https://bit.ly/4r2LRm9
“A successful democracy depends on an information environment in which people can understand what’s going on with their government and that information and news isn’t going to produce itself," shares Archon Fung.
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https://bit.ly/4aENKhZ
"Playing politics with the idea of fraudulent voters and stolen elections comes at a real cost to American confidence in our elections. It’s an affront to our democracy and to all those who work to deliver free and fair elections," shares Stephen Richer.
https://nyti.ms/4qnTsdQ
"A democracy requires that its citizens be able to express their opinions to their representatives, or to each other through a medium like the newspaper. ... Here, AI mistakes and bias can be harmful," shares Bruce Schneier.
https://bit.ly/4ayBfoY
"All of this research and these things we want to do are tied up in our system of free government. ... We are a place where researchers want to be. ... And so if we don’t look at that in the bigger picture, eventually that all goes away."
https://bit.ly/3LSpqRl
Join scholars and practitioners at "Bringing the People Back In: A One-Day Symposium" on March 5, 2026 to discuss U.S. democracy, contemporary research on American politics, and how to strengthen democratic institutions.
https://bit.ly/45Rjn6i
"As Chenoweth and Cebul observe, many Gen Z protests are not about democracy in the abstract. They are about whether institutions deliver, whether governance produces competence, accountability, and opportunity."
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https://bit.ly/4ayPg5d
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