How Democrats won Georgia – and what happens now
The violent scenes in Washington, DC this week risk overshadowing Georgia's historic election result. The Democrats' victory in this Deep South state holds vitally important lessons for the future of ...
9 Jan 202129min
Andra Gillespie on Georgia’s Senate runoffs
Andra Gillespie is a political science professor at Emory University in Atlanta. openDemocracy’s editor in chief Mary Fitzgerald spoke with Andra for the recent ourVoices documentary episode on the Ge...
3 Jan 202148min
Who will win Georgia’s Senate races?
On 5 January, a special Senate run-off election in the ‘Deep South’ state of Georgia will determine the future of Biden’s presidency. Will the new president be able to pass badly needed COVID relief; ...
19 Dec 202034min
US election: Can Biden deliver?
In this ourVoices special, openDemocracy’s Editor in Chief Mary Fitzgerald travels 1,400 miles across the midwestern United States with North America editor, Aaron White. Their journey starts on the e...
17 Nov 202024min
Jecorey Arthur on growing up in the ‘capital of American racism’
Jecorey Arthur is the soon to be youngest member ever elected to the City Council of Louisville in the state of Kentucky. He’s also a professor and a musician. openDemocracy’s editor in chief Mary Fit...
3 Nov 202037min
US election: 'We want change, but not Biden'
From race to a broken political system, the story of Louisville is in many ways the story of America. In this ourVoices special, openDemocracy’s Editor in Chief Mary Fitzgerald travels back to Louisvi...
1 Nov 202028min
US election special #4 - Why does the United States not have universal healthcare?
With over 8.5 million cases, and nearly 225,000 deaths, the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the cruel dysfunctionality of the US healthcare system. Even before the coronavirus, 87 million US citizens...
26 Okt 20201h 10min
David Adler on the Progressive International launch
Aaron White and Freddie Stuart are joined by David Adler, the policy director of the Democracy in Europe Movement (DiEM25) and General Coordinator of the newly launched Progressive International – a g...
5 Okt 202031min
