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Democracy Chronicles

Jenna Spinelle articles

spinelle jennaJenna Spinelle is the communications specialist for the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State and host of the podcasts When the People Decide and Democracy Works.

PODCAST: There Is No “I” In Democracy

by Jenna Spinelle - May 26, 2021

There Is No “I” In Democracy

From economic inequality to racial injustice and political polarization, the deck seems to be stacked against rebuilding America’s social fabric.

Filed Under: DC Authors

How Democracies Can Win The War On Reality

by Jenna Spinelle - May 21, 2021

The War On Reality

Peter Pomerantsev is one of the people trying to figure out how to make the Internet more democratic and combat disinformation.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Journalism and Free Speech, Russia

Can Pranksters Save Democracy?

by Jenna Spinelle - April 20, 2021

Can Pranksters Save Democracy?

Our guests this week offer a framework for effective nonviolent organizing by trapping authority figures between a rock and a hard place.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Democracy Protests, Political Comedy

Podcast: Public Schools, Not Government Schools

by Jenna Spinelle - April 13, 2021

Public Schools, Not Government Schools

Our guest this week argues that, much like democracy itself, public education is an ideal that we’ve never quite lived up to.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Education, Youth Voting Rights

Podcast: Reforming Criminal Justice From The Inside Out

by Jenna Spinelle - April 6, 2021

Reforming Criminal Justice

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner discusses the promise and peril of institutional reform and how he built a coalition of voters.

Filed Under: DC Authors

Podcast: Laboratories Of Restricting Democracy

by Jenna Spinelle - March 29, 2021

How Republican legislators are pushing shortened mail-in voting windows, expanded voter ID requirements, and other cumbersome administrative changes.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American State Elections, Voter Access

Podcast: Danielle Allen On Achieving Democracy’s Ideals

by Jenna Spinelle - March 23, 2021

Achieving Democracy’s Ideals

Democracy is in crisis and the only way out of it is to double down on democratic reforms while wrestling with our complicated past.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Minority Voting Rights, Voter Access

Podcast: Citizenship In A Consumer World

by Jenna Spinelle - March 15, 2021

Citizenship In A Consumer World

“The Consumer Citizen” by Ethan Porter generated more discussion among the Democracy Works team than any book we’ve read recently. Tune in to hear why.

Filed Under: DC Authors

Podcast: Understanding – And Addressing – Domestic Terrorism

by Jenna Spinelle - March 8, 2021

Domestic Terrorism

How the United States responds to these threats touches on some of democracy’s most basic tensions. We explore those tensions this week.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Journalism and Free Speech, Racism and Prejudice

Podcast: Anne Applebaum On Why Democracy Is Not Inevitable

by Jenna Spinelle - March 4, 2021

Democracy Is Not Inevitable

Journalist, author, and historian Anne Applebaum says that democracy is not like running water — something that we know will always be there.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Worldwide

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Courts off the deep end, again

By Andrew Straw February 1, 2023

Closing the courts, shutting down dissent, and violating the rights of whistleblowers. These are not the actions of an open, free society.

The Christian Evangelical Church

By Jack Jones January 22, 2023

I am not against Big Business having a voice, just not all the voices, and especially not an impersonator pretending to speak for God.

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No One In Monterey County Is Good Enough To Serve In Legislature

By Joe Mathews January 9, 2023

California’s “democratic reforms” have left a place as… [key] as Monterey County without any state representation from one of its own.

In America, the Joe-mocracy Rules

By Joe Mathews December 27, 2022

A republic? A democracy? No, our country is an avuncular autocracy run by old guys named joe.

Property Rights, Indiana-Style

By Andrew Straw December 24, 2022

Indiana’s justices have replaced constitutional property rights with ad hominem politics. Replacing them starts with better governors.

To The American Oligarchs: Lay Off Us

By Jack Jones December 21, 2022

No matter how many jobs are ruthlessly pulled out from under us, we are still going to do what it takes to put food on the table.

Indiana’s Irrational Ballot Access System

By Andrew Straw December 4, 2022

Opposing the potential 2024 retention of the Chief Justice Loretta Rush will be key to preventing disability discrimination bad blood in Indiana courts.

Federal Judge Strikes Down Biden’s Loan Forgiveness program

By Jack Jones November 24, 2022

What is unlawful is the Texas federal judge’s decision to strike down President Biden’s loan forgiveness program, not the program itself.

DeSantis Battles Trump in Florida Steel Cage Match

By Steve Schneider November 20, 2022

We take you now to the much-anticipated DeSantis-Trump steel cage match, in which “DeSanctimonious” has promised to “kick Trump’s ass.”

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Russian Wagner Boss Acknowledges Comparison With Rasputin

Russian Wagner Boss Acknowledges Comparison With Rasputin

January 30, 2023

Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin responded to comparisons [with]…Rasputin who treated the son of the last tsar for haemophilia.

ChatGPT Is Changing Education, AI Experts Say

ChatGPT Is Changing Education, AI Experts Say

January 30, 2023

Newly-launched AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT is changing the internet landscape. It presents several opportunities, including in education.

Girl Scouts Earn Democracy Badge At Workshop In Salina

Girl Scouts Earn Democracy Badge At Workshop In Salina

January 26, 2023

The workshop assisted Girl Scouts in grades K–10 in earning their Democracy Badge through learning activities on democracy.

Study: Media Can Reduce Polarization By Telling Personal Stories

Study: Media Can Reduce Polarization By Telling Personal Stories

January 26, 2023

Sharing personal experiences and pairing them with facts reduces political dehumanization and increases political tolerance.

Study: 2020 Election Resulted In Increased Anxiety And Depression

Study: 2020 Election Resulted In Increased Anxiety And Depression

January 7, 2023

A review of 2020 Household Pulse Survey data reveals that as an election nears, people in [America] report more depression and anxiety.

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