Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union

Explore issues from the American Revolution to civil rights, 2021 Capitol riot and beyond.

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Episodes

Specials

  • Moore v. Harper and 'independent state legislature theory':

    A law professor explains the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 decision on Moore v. Harper.
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    What do the Jan. 6th attacks tell us about our democracy?

    Yale historian Joanne Freeman reflects on the anniversary of the Jan. 6 attacks.
  • What the 2022 midterms say about the state of U.S. democracy

    Professor Archon Fung joins to discuss how to restore faith in our electoral system.

About Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union

Follow the pursuit of democracy from the Revolutionary War through recurring cycles of civil rights progress and backlash, the 2021 Capitol riot and beyond. Explore the impact of voter rights and a civics curriculum on engaged and informed citizens.

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    Welcome to States of Democracy!

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    American Democracy's “Achilles Heel”: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    American Democracy's “Achilles Heel”

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    America’s long, bitter fight for equal voting rights: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    America’s long, bitter fight for equal voting rights

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    Democracy is a lot more fragile than many thought: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Democracy is a lot more fragile than many thought

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    Democracy’s strange compromise: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Democracy’s strange compromise

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    How the two major U.S. political parties formed: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    How the two major U.S. political parties formed

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    Political violence throughout American history: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Political violence throughout American history

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    Preserving Democracy Preview

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    Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) Discusses Jan. 6, 2021

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    The “hall of mirrors” of social media and misinformation

  • “Most democracies die at the ballot box”

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    “We don't want just the veneer of a democracy”