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Redistricting and partisanship
Ah, redistricting. State legislatures across the country (as well as some independent commissions in a smattering of states) spent at least part of 2011 redrawing congressional and state legislative...
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Fix the Senate Now
What’s one way to fix democracy? Well, one coalition says that a key to making our government work for us is to make sure our elected officials actually do work, debate legislation in front of them,...
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“A new civil society”
Our friend Peter Levine has shared some thoughts on the importance of civic renewal to the political reform process. Civil society has changed, Levine says, and over time fewer citizens have shown the...
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The talking filibuster
Earlier this year a coalition of advocacy groups, Fix the Senate Now, advocated for changes to Senate rules, which included the elimination of the “silent” filibuster. Modern “filibusters” have ceased...
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National service and the sequester
In celebration of AmeriCorps Week, Jonathan Greenblatt of the White House Office of Civic Innovation posted a strong endorsement of the program on the White House blog: Service is a proven solution for...
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