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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 order Ms. Allen's book: Our Declaration: Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality

To read an excerpt from the Practice of Democratic Citizenship

To read The Road from Serfdom: How Americans Can Become Citizens Again (Atlantic)

Watch NEXT: Community Conversation #1

NEXT: COMMUNITY CONVERSATION #2

ANNA PALMER

Founder of Punchbowl News

Thursday, February 18, 2021

An Insider's Take Inside Congress

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.

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.

Check out the Punchbowl News

Watch NEXT: Community Conversation #2

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.

Tuesday, March 24, 2021

Protecting Democracy

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

Watch NEXT: Community Conversation #4

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.