"Irmgard Emmelhainz on the cybernetic episteme."

"Social codes are changing, in many ways for the better. But for those whose behavior doesn’t adapt fast enough to the new norms, judgment can be _...Read More_

"Comparing democracies across the world, a new book reveals that when it comes to financing elections they are not that democratic at all."

Democratize the “social media states” of Big Tech to take back control of the public sphere. But more democracy must be tempered by impartial meritocracy.

"Recent years have seen the democratic spirit advancing at the expense of the meritocratic. Here’s why that’s a problem."

"Barbara Arnwine, William J. Barber II, Penda Hair and Jesse Jackson Sr. write now that Republicans have killed debate on the For the People Act, every Democratic senator must act to protect voting rights and save our democracy from a death _...Read More_

"I know that in July, China will mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. Also, I know that you will discuss the role of political parties in governance in developing countries. I think that both are very _...Read More_

More global events please!

“A new history examines how the late 19th century’s raucous party system gave way to a more sedate and exclusionary political culture that erected more and more barriers to participation.”

If we lose the fight to protect voting rights, we'll lose everything else, too.

>"What brought Mya Thwe Thwe Khaing, Wai Yan Tun, and Thet Naing Win into the streets? To read most of the coverage of the coup, you’d think they’d found themselves on one side of an old story: liberal democracy imperiled by _...Read More_