#Democracy

🔥Al Raven 📖

alraven3

Some important notes on the Swiss political system: (Voutat, Rayner, 2017) The '(actually semi-/pseudo-) direct democracy' in Switzerland creates a dimension of indeterminacy (a key component of the ideal of

Phillip Atiba Goff

DrPhilGoff

1. Seven years ago today, a jury in Florida found George Zimmerman not guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin. A wannabe cop who stalked a 17-year-old minor—despite 911 dispatch telling him

John Sides

johnmsides

For a long time, I've been struck by pessimistic takes that say Americans inherently can't or won't do what it takes to beat coronavirus.I don't think that's right, and I

Jonathan Malloy

JonathanMalloy

I've been struggling for useful things to say about how Parliament is reacting as an institution to the pandemic. What strikes me more than anything is how it again demonstrates

Salome Strangelove

salstrange

So fellow white followers. Instead of listening to the white dudes in the media telling you to reach out and hug a Trump supporter today, I offer you the following

Karishma Mehta 🦺

karish4va

“Progressive” is done, fam. We need a new word. Ideas? 300+ responses so here are the top choices/liked responses from the comments. Some I really liked that didn’t make the

Pwn All The Things

pwnallthethings

I mean, this is true, but a lot of that is because the issue keeps being framed as a technical violation of some obscure low-consequences law and maybe also a

Cesc Amat

cescamat

Happy to share a new working paper “Pandemics meet democracy: experimental evidence from the COVID-19 crisis in Spain”, which is joint work with @AndreuArenas (UB-IEB), @afalcogimeno (UB-IPERG) and @jordimunozm (UB-IPERG).

Dancers Against Woke Ideology

UnwokeDancers

A couple clips from a recent Anti-Racist training for Blues, Lindy, and WCS dancers with a whopping 31k views. Dancers were taught that the US is not a democracy, it's

Arash Kolahi

ArashKolahi

Capitalism is inherently & by-definition:• Anti-democratic• Alienating• Inequitable & unfair• Environmentally destructive• A zero-sum game that rewards the worst & punishes the best of humanityAn economic primer on capitalism #RIPCapitali

Simon Rosenberg

SimonWDC

On this rainy DC morning been thinking about this image from the White House Thurs night.It's like a scene from a movie about a crazy leader, and the spell he's

🌸Hanna Jameson🔥

Hanna_Jameson

cannot get my head around the cruelty of a system which lies to a whole generation of kids that their courses won’t be online, locks them down in pandemic infested

Nicole Curato

NicoleCurato

To celebrate the launch of the Journal of Deliberative Democracy, @delibdemjournal here's a thread of Taylor Swift as deldem books. BONUS: I am matching the book w TS tunes. Thank

David Rothkopf

djrothkopf

To recap, while I agree with @repadamschiff that the bribery case against Trump is the strongest because bribery is specifically mentioned in the Constitution as grounds for impeachment, there are

Gautam Bhatia

gautambhatia88

Today, there were a lot of theatrics at the Supreme Court. This drama distracts from the real issue. The actions of the present and previous Chief Justices, and the impact

Matt Smith

utb_smith

My brief(ish) take on Voter ID (Thread) We all want a fair and transparent electoral system. Obviously. It’s the cornerstone of a healthy democracy. So, why is forcing people to