At a time of sharp political divides and rapidly changing technological innovation, Archon Fung, co-director of the Program ...

The New York Historical showcases the evolution of our nation’s hallmark idea of self-government in a thoughtful, if ...

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Jerren Chang urged using civic engagement and technology to rebuild democracy and strengthen communities for future ...

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As America marks its 250th year, the debate over AI's impact on self-government hinges on a crucial tension: while pessimists ...

Rep. Nancy Pelosi will launch a multimillion-dollar politics institute at UC Berkeley when she leaves office, co-teaching a ...

The philosopher Hannah Arendt once dryly noted: “truth and politics are on rather bad terms with each other” (1961, p. 227) No kidding. Right now, truth and politics in the U.S. seem to be not only on ...