Fewer Americans are getting news and information from traditional news sources like newspapers and television. In their place ...

“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 ...

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

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

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, questions about the nation’s history—and whose stories shape its meaning—have renewed significance. Moderated by journalist and political ...

Please join the Ash Center for a discussion of how law enforcement and election officials can work together to protect election officials, poll workers and voters while safeguarding public trust in ...

Democracy’s core infrastructure is failing under 21st-century load. Citizens cannot find, understand, or respond to the legal and regulatory texts that govern their lives. Public comment processes ...

Larry Bartels, the Vanderbilt political scientist who wrote “Democracy for Realists” and “Democracy Erodes from the Top,” joins Terms of Engagement to explore the question, is Democracy eroding from ...

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 ...

The Electoral College is viewed as a democratic anachronism in modern-day America, yet it has persisted for over two centuries despite repeated attempts to reform or abolish the institution. Ash ...

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