10 Things We Can All Do to Protect Democracy
The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. Here are ten things all of us can do.

The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. Here are ten things all of us can do.
A Feb. 1 election will determine who will lead the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The current chair, Jaime Harrison, decided not to run for re-election, so it’s a wide-open playing field.
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Each time I have sat down to write something since the election, I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I simply cannot get out of my head.
On the morning that Donald Trump was named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year, he was honored at the New York Stock Exchange by ringing in the opening bell. But the biggest news of the day, perhaps the week, took place during his brief remarks afterwards.
Though the 2024 election has passed, many ongoing redistricting cases could still have significant impacts on voting rights in a number of states.
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