Author Central - Highlighting the Democracy Chronicles author team

Democracy Chronicles Author Central is where we feature our team of over one-hundred authors from around the world. We are looking for creative new contributors so please get in touch if you would like to write for DC.

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Democracy Chronicles is the product of a network of democracy focused authors, artists, activists, and contributors from around the globe.

Here at Author Central you can take a look at the original articles and access the biographies of our international team of authors. If you click their names above you will be taken to their full biography and article archive.

You can also take a look at our Political Art page for political artists of all kinds that highlights the original work of numerous Democracy Chronicles authors.

We are actively looking for creative new contributors to join our team. If you or someone you know is interested in contributing please get in touch. We are expanding and we want to hear from people from all kind of backgrounds and perspectives.

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Florida Not Yet Land of Lincoln for Former Felon Voting Rights (9/13/2019) by Steve Schneider - Governor signs a 2019 law, which was passed in a party-line vote by the Republican-controlled state Legislature. It requires returning citizens to pay all fees, fines and restitution ordered by a judge before they can register to vote.
Election Machine Keys Currently Available for Purchase on Amazon (9/13/2019) by Thomas Manning - According to hackers at a recently held hacking conference in Las Vegas Nevada, election machine keys are currently available for purchase on websites like Amazon, eBay and other sites.
Podcast: One state’s fight for fair maps (9/11/2019) by Jenna Spinelle - Pennsylvania is one of several states trying to ensure fair congressional maps are drawn after the 2020 Census. As we say in the episode, redistricting is one of democracy's thorniest problems.
Fearless World Order Under Dictatorship (9/6/2019) by Farai Chirimumimba - In the past several years, the world has been shaken by protests caused by the various countries’ ruling-elites and their selfishness. Of course, that isn’t anything new.
Why Florida Should Super Size ERIC Initiative (9/3/2019) by Steve Schneider - Governor Ron DeSantis opened the door for more election reform at an Aug. 21 Orlando press conference. That's when he announced Florida will join the Electronic Registration Information Center.
It Will Take More Than Socialism and Democracy to Save the World (8/28/2019) by Roger Copple - Imagine having democratic and ecological socialism on an international level based on a system and culture of democratic world law. It would be a revolution of love, a love revolution, a spiritual revolution, and we can have it. We can create it.
Extinction Rebellion Wants a Mass Psychedelic Protest. Bad Idea. (8/25/2019) by David Anderson, J.D. - This wildly self-indulgent psychedelic protest is the new nadir from Extinction Rebellion. The climate crisis is real - stunts like this can only damage the acceptance of psychedelic medicine as well as the climate crisis.
Pro-Democracy Protests Continue in Russia (8/25/2019) by Thomas Manning - Pro-Democracy Russian organizers have continued their protests in Moscow for a fourth straight weekend demanding more candidates be allowed to run in the upcoming City Council election.

Does Unconstitutional Exist With No Fully Written Constitution? (8/23/2019) by Paul Narraway - The UK’s democracy as a whole is being held in the balance and has also been tainted, mostly down to Brexit. Yet even after Brexit, even if the UK ends up remaining in the EU, our democracy is not magically fixed.
Are These Trade Tensions A Prelude To War? (8/23/2019) by Jack Jones - The time of self-promotion and greed has run its course. It’s time to embrace the love for one another before we rip each other apart for good and find there is no remedy to heal our broken lives.
Podcast: How Conspiracies Are Damaging Democracy (8/19/2019) by Jenna Spinelle - Democracy scholars Russell Muirhead and Nancy Rosenblum call it “conspiracy without the theory” and unpack the concept in their book A Lot of People Are Saying: The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy.
Three Equalizers in an Unequal World (8/14/2019) by Paul Lachelier - Despite growing inequality worldwide, ordinary people have three specific, significant and actionable forms of equalizing power: time, one vote and numbers.
Podcast: Defending the First Amendment and the Fourth Estate (8/12/2019) by Jenna Spinelle - The First Amendment and a strong Fourth Estate are essential to a healthy democracy. David McCraw, deputy general counsel of the New York Times, joins us to discuss how he helps journalists do their work,
On Election Security (8/6/2019) by Jenny Oak Tree - While the current United States administration focuses on the border crisis, the threat to our election security is largely ignored. A Republican majority Senate has blocked two election security efforts.
Podcast: The Past, Present, and Future of Protests (7/29/2019) by Jenna Spinelle - L.A. Kauffman is a longtime organizer and author of the book How to Read a Protest: The Art of Organizing and Resistance. She traces the history of the modern protest movement since the March on Washington in 1963.

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