Exploring Ash Center perspectives on the meaning of democracy, democratic participation and citizenship, and how democratic life might evolve over the next 250 years. 2026 marks the 250th anniversary ...
Most importantly, perhaps, we need to remember that the Declaration of Independence was proclaimed and signed by members of ...
Key takeaways from the Ash Center’s 2025–2026 seminar series on navigating global threats to modern democracy. In just a few ...
How Election Officials Can Leverage Content Creation to Provide Accurate Voter Information. This paper examines the grow ...
The Executive Session on Elections and Election Administration is a three-year program that brings leading election officials from across the country and political spectrum together with academics and ...
The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation develops ideas and fosters practices for equal and inclusive, multiracial, and multiethnic democracy and self-government. Key takeaways from the ...
The proliferation of artificial intelligence has the potential to upend our democracy — for better or worse. AI tools could allow for new forms of participation while at the same time facilitating the ...
In a new essay, Archon Fung looks at this current wave of campus protests and asks if civil disobedience is permissible, and how much disruption should be tolerated at universities today. Protestors ...
As organizers for No Kings 2 seek historic turnout on October 18, the broader pro-democracy movement has already broken new ground. But one question that often arises is whether the protests are ...
Over the past several weeks, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) within the Trump Administration has been embedding staff in a range of United States federal agencies. These staff have ...