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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.

Your Guide to Ranked-Choice Voting

by Jenna Spinelle - November 18, 2019

Ranked-choice voting has been in the news a lot lately. But, what is it? How does it work? And, is it more democratic than the single-vote method we’re used to?

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American Local Elections, American State Elections, Election Methods, New York City and State Elections

Inside the world’s largest democracy

by Jenna Spinelle - November 5, 2019

Vineeta Yadav, associate professor of political science at Penn State.

More than 600 million people voted in India’s most recent election, but that does not mean all

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: India

Andrew Sullivan On Democracy’s Double-Edged Sword

by Jenna Spinelle - October 17, 2019

Andrew Sullivan discusses the future of American democracy on this week’s episode of the Democracy Works podcast.

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: Education, Internet and Democracy

Impeachment — From the Federalist Papers to the Whistleblower

by Jenna Spinelle - September 30, 2019

Michael Berkman and Michael Nelson discuss the constitutional framework for impeachment and what the Framers had in mind when they set it up. They also discuss how impeachment is a unique cooperation between the three branches.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Founding Fathers

Podcast: China’s threat to democracies around the world

by Jenna Spinelle - September 16, 2019

Larry Diamond joins the Democracy Works podcast this week to talk about the threat China’s model of authoritarian capitalism poses to liberal democracy in the United States and around the world.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Asia, China, Spying and Privacy, Worldwide

Podcast: One state’s fight for fair maps

by Jenna Spinelle - September 11, 2019

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.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Redistricting

Podcast: How Conspiracies Are Damaging Democracy

by Jenna Spinelle - August 19, 2019

Conspiracies Are Damaging Democracy

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.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Internet and Democracy, Journalism and Free Speech, Social Media and Democracy

Podcast: Defending the First Amendment and the Fourth Estate

by Jenna Spinelle - August 12, 2019

David McCraw

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,

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

Podcast: The Past, Present, and Future of Protests

by Jenna Spinelle - July 29, 2019

L.A. Kauffman

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.

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

Podcast: A Conversation About Conversation

by Jenna Spinelle - July 22, 2019

Laurie Mulvey, executive director of Penn State's World in Conversation project.

Why is it so hard for people to talk to each other? There are a lot of easy answers we can point to, like social media and political polarization, but there’s another explanation that goes a bit deeper.

Filed Under: DC Authors

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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

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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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