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Democracy Policy

The Democracy Policy team is advancing an agenda to win structural reforms that strengthen the U.S. system and give everyone an equal voice in the democratic process.

Protestors raise their fists during a rally on the National Mall before the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., April 2006. (Getty/Mandel NGAN/AFP)

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Safeguarding democracy by enacting bold structural reforms

To build a multiracial representative democracy, we need bold structural reforms that expand participation. We are leading policy analysis and research, communications, and advocacy to pass voting rights and democracy reform legislation in Congress to help defend democracy from the serious threats it faces.

Combating democratic decay and disinformation

We are leading cross-institutional work to combat the erosion of trust in government and in our elections—spread in part by the big lie about the 2020 election and a broader strategy by conservatives employed for decades. 

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We are part of the 200+-organization Declaration for American Democracy coalition, the largest coalition of progressive groups assembled to fight for democracy reform—including intersectional advocacy, membership, and policy groups. 

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Democracy Now—Theocracy Never Article
The U.S. Capitol dome is seen before sunrise, July 2024.

Democracy Now—Theocracy Never

Violent Christian nationalism is on the rise, and faith leaders can help stop it.

Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, Sydney Bryant, Shanthan Benjamin-Webb

Select Committee Democrats: A Smart and Confident U.S.-China Policy Past Event

Select Committee Democrats: A Smart and Confident U.S.-China Policy

Please join the Center for American Progress Action Fund for a discussion on how Democratic policymakers are advancing a vision of democracy and stability in the Indo-Pacific that will help the American public.

How Americans Can Fight Back Against a Radical Supreme Court Majority Article
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How Americans Can Fight Back Against a Radical Supreme Court Majority

Responding to the judicial overreach of a radical Supreme Court majority will require long-term structural reforms to the courts and immediate action to mitigate the harms caused by their wrongly decided decisions.

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Ben Olinsky, Grace Oyenubi

New York Has a Historic Opportunity to Prohibit Political Spending by Foreign-Influenced U.S. Corporations In the News

New York Has a Historic Opportunity to Prohibit Political Spending by Foreign-Influenced U.S. Corporations

Latrice Walker and Michael Sozan argue that to protect the integrity of New York’s government and promote economic patriotism, the state must pass a law banning political spending by foreign-influenced U.S. corporations.

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Latrice Walker, Michael Sozan

Unions Are Democratically Organized, Corporations Are Not Article
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Unions Are Democratically Organized, Corporations Are Not

The authors make the case that in order to strengthen political democracy, policymakers should support the creation of democratically organized groups such as unions.

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David Madland, Malkie Wall, Danielle Root, 1 More Sam Berger

Secretaries of State Are Crucial for Protecting African American Voters Report

Secretaries of State Are Crucial for Protecting African American Voters

As the ongoing coronavirus pandemic makes ensuring voters’ and election workers’ safety even more imperative, fair and inclusive elections must be state officials’ top priority heading into November.

Michael Sozan, Christopher Guerrero

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