“Democratic resilience in the age of AI requires government that people experience as working for them, and most people experience government locally,” said Danielle Allen. “Technology isn’t only a ...

With a majority of municipalities publishing their budgets as PDFs, Open Book offers a free alternative that towns own and run themselves.

In this piece, Allen Lab researchers offer recommendations for preserving vital sources of community information, government ...

Surveys show that trust in one another and key institutions, such as government, media, and the courts, has reached historic lows in the U.S. At the same time, hyper-partisan polarization has ...

Join Robert Blair, Arkadij Eisler Goldman Sachs Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs at Brown University, for a Global Challenges to Democracy seminar. Join Robert Blair ...

Join the Ash Center for an in-person book talk with Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor, director of the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation and author of “Radical Duke: How One ...

The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation develops ideas and fosters practices for equal and inclusive, multiracial, and multiethnic democracy and self-government.

Through our books, case studies, journal articles, papers, and surveys, the Ash Center is home to some of the world’s most advanced research and publications on issues related to democratic governance ...

Jen Domagal-Goldman, the executive director of the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, and Yael Bromberg, a constitutional rights attorney and leading scholar on the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, join Terms ...

The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation develops ideas and fosters practices for equal and inclusive, multiracial and multiethnic democracy and self-government.