Behind the scenes of the “Year of the Woman”
Rebecca Kreitzer One of the biggest headlines to emerge heading into the 2018 midterms is the record number of female candidates in local, state, and national races. While it’s easy to point to this a...
10 Sep 201826min
The democrats in public sector unions [Labor Day rebroadcast]
Paul Clark This week, we are rebraodcasting our conversation about public sector unions from earlier this year with Paul Clark, director of the School of Labor and Employment Relations at Penn State. ...
3 Sep 201832min
Middle America, Part 2: Grassroots organizing and rebooting democracy
Last week, we heard from Salena Zito about the segments of middle America who supported Donald Trump after voting for Barack Obama. This week, we talk with another Pittsburgh resident, Lara Putnam, ab...
27 Aug 201834min
Middle America, Part 1: Populism and the Trump Voter
In the effort to understand the people who voted for Donald Trump in 2016, a style of reporting has emerged that Chris Hayes recently described as “Trump pastoral.” You might not know the phrase, but,...
20 Aug 201833min
Facebook is not a democracy
Matt Jordan We have access to more information now than at any other time in history, but we trust that information less than ever before. A Gallup survey recently found that 58 percent of respondents...
13 Aug 201837min
How will we remember Charlottesville?
This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of the Unite The Right rally and counter protests in Charlottesville, Virginia that claimed the life of Heather Heyer and set off a firestorm around Preside...
6 Aug 201829min
A democracy reading list
If you’ve been to a book store or the library lately, then you’ve probably seen at least a few books on democracy on the shelves. The 2016 presidential election spurred a lot of conversation about the...
9 Juli 201851min
Bonus: A dose of optimism about the future of democracy
If you need a sense of hope about the future of democracy, you’ve come to the right place. Stephanie Keyaka, editor-in-chief of The Underground and one of the McCourtney Institute’s Nevins Fellows, is...
5 Juli 201812min
