NEXT: COMMUNITY CONVERSATION #1
DANIELLE ALLEN
James Bryant Conant University Professor + Director, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University
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Sunday, January 31, 2021
What Kind of Revolution Was That? Polarization and the Path Forward after Jan 6
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Dr. Allen spoke with us about the current upheaval in our political lives and how greater economic equality is prerequisite to fuller and more equal citizen participation.
Dr. Allen served as co-chair of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship. Their June 2020 report Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century included recommendations "to help the nation emerge as a more resilient democracy." She also writes for the Washington Post and the Atlantic.
MORE ABOUT DANIELLE ALLEN
To read an excerpt from the Practice of Democratic Citizenship
To read The Road from Serfdom: How Americans Can Become Citizens Again (Atlantic)
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Watch NEXT: Community Conversation #1
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NEXT: COMMUNITY CONVERSATION #2
ANNA PALMER
Founder of Punchbowl News​
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Thursday, February 18, 2021
An Insider's Take Inside Congress
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Few are as qualified tell us what's really going as Capitol Hill insider, Anna Palmer. Founder and CEO of the recently-launched Punchbowl News and former Senior Washington Correspondent for Politico, Palmer is best-selling co-author of The Hill to Die on: the Battle for Congress and the Future of Trump’s America.
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Punchbowl (Secret Service code name for the Capitol) sends subscribers three daily emails with updates, analysis, and insights on what people inside the corridors of power are thinking and saying.
In this, the second in our NEXT: Community Conversation Series, Palmer will share her up-to-the-minute insights about what makes Washington tick and where the real power resides.
MORE ABOUT ANNA PLAMER
To order Ms. Palmer's book:
The Hill to Die on: the Battle for Congress and the Future of Trump’s America.
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Watch NEXT: Community Conversation #2
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NEXT: COMMUNITY CONVERSATION #4
JUSTIN FLORENCE
Co-Founder + Legal Director of Protect Democracy a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to fighting efforts
to undermine our right to free, fair, + fully informed self-government.
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Tuesday, March 24, 2021
Protecting Democracy
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Protect Democracy is working to save democracy from these threats:
• Corrupting Elections
• Spreading Disinformation
• Delegitimizing Communities
• Politicizing Independent Institutions
• Executive Power Grabs
• Quashing Dissent
MORE ABOUT JUSTIN FLORENCE
For more information about Justin Florence’s work,
go to protectdemocracy.org
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Watch NEXT: Community Conversation #4
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NEXT: COMMUNITY CONVERSATION #5
JOAN WILLIAMS
Professor of Law, Founding Director of the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California + author of White Working Class + other books.
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Thursday, April 22, 2021
Overcoming Class Cluelessness + Winning Elections
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Over the past quarter century Joan C. Williams has played a central role in reshaping the conversation about work + gender + class.
MORE ABOUT JOAN WILLIAMS
TED talk:
“We won’t fix US politics until we talk about class”
The Atlantic:
"The Democrats' White-People Problem"
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Watch NEXT: Community Conversation #5
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