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The Long Game

Will Big Money Donors Get Behind the Move to Get Rid of Partisan Primaries? Nick Troiano Is Working On It

Mar 30, 2021

American politics is being held hostage, says a group of reformers with growing access to big-donor money who define their mission as trying to set it free.

 

The hostage-takers, to hear them tell it, are the small group of voters who decide party primaries. Only about 10 percent of American voters choose about eight...


Yuval Levin Wants the GOP to stop making it harder to vote

Mar 11, 2021

You would think that most people would agree that we should try to make voting secure and accessible, that we should have confidence in the results and that we should make it possible for as many people as possible to cast a ballot.


But Republicans increasingly are seeking to make it harder to vote. There has been a...


Can Americans Still Discuss Their Differences Constructively? David Blankenhorn Is Trying To Make it Happen.

Mar 4, 2021

David Blankenhorn is co-founder of Braver Angels, which now has 70 chapters around the country, and has hosted more than 1,400 meetings, Blankenhorn said.


The mission of Braver Angels is to get Americans to talk to one another, and to have honest conversations about their views on politics. The practice they preach is...