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Grassroots Truth Commissions and the Unfolding Crisis of U.S. Democracy

By Joshua F.J. Inwood: We need a nationwide truth commission that would address the historical legacy of racism in U.S. democracy while focusing on contemporary injustices

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Building Inclusive Democracy Through Social Policy

12/13/18 // In-Depth Analysis

In the past, we have been too quick to accept compromises of exclusion that stabilized our democracy at the expense of the full citizenship of people of color. We should not do so again.

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Defending Inclusion

12/12/18 // In-Depth Analysis

Three strategies stand out as a way to defuse and then dismantle reassertions of ethnonationalism

K. Sabeel Rahman

Demos & Brooklyn Law School

Diversity and Democracy

12/11/18 // In-Depth Analysis

The growing diversity of the country may break Americans’ commitment to democracy. What can we do to stop that from happening?

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Three Visions of the Multi-ethnic Society

12/10/18 // In-Depth Analysis

By Yascha Mounk: We need to develop a shared vision for what such a multi-ethnic society should look like

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Overcoming Racism Through National Solidarity

12/7/18 // In-Depth Analysis

By Theodore R. Johnson: The formation of a national solidarity is especially suited to the challenge of mitigating the impacts of racism in the United States

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Race, Democracy, and Civic Engagement in U.S. History

12/6/18 // In-Depth Analysis

The current attacks on democratic institutions are but symptoms of a deeper disease: the lack of full civic participation by the nation’s ordinary residents

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Building an Inclusive Democracy: Towards an Action Agenda

12/5/18 // Latest Developments

Protect Democracy has asked a diverse set of experts from a variety of disciplines to identify steps that could be taken to advance the prospects of a truly inclusive and multi-racial American democracy

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Forced Classification, Biological Determinism, and Sad Chapters from Our Nation’s History

10/31/18 // Commentary

In rigidly classifying people based on theories of biological determinism, we ignore history at our own peril

Praveen Fernandes

CAC

Symmetric Constitutionalism for a Polarized Era

10/30/18 // Commentary

Judges should strive toward constitutional understandings that protect the interests of people on different sides of the ideological spectrum

Zachary Price

U.C. Hastings College of the Law

Twitter and the Political Community

10/26/18 // In-Depth Analysis

By communicating mainly through Twitter, Trump has asserted the power to define his own political community—and to exclude people from it.

Kate Shaw

Cardozo Law

Controlling Our Losses

10/24/18 // Commentary

While bleak, planning to lose is not about conceding defeat. It’s about laying the groundwork for a brighter future and avoiding precedential barriers to that future.

Danielle D'Onfro

Washington University Law School

Raising Red Flags about Shelby County

10/15/18 // Commentary

Although Shelby County had a dramatic and immediate real-world impact, its future doctrinal importance is likely minimal.

Travis Crum

Washington University in St. Louis

Versus Trump: N.Y. Versus Wilbur Ross

10/11/18 // In-Depth Analysis

On this week's episode of Versus Trump, Jason and Charlie talk about the fight over Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross's potential testimony in an important lawsuit over the census. Listen now!

Charlie Gerstein

Gerstein Harrow LLP

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Birth Control Is Not Abortion

9/7/18 // Quick Reactions

By Greg Lipper: At his confirmation hearing, Judge Kavanaugh used the phrase “abortion-inducing drugs" while referring to a case he heard on the DC Circuit. This description of the case is at odds with modern science and suggests his hostility to foundational privacy precedents.

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