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Saving Democracy
How do we preserve our democracy in the face of the many threats and challenges before us?
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
5:00 PM 6:00 PM
Saving Democracy
with
Yascha Mounk
Moderated by Richard Wolffe
Wednesday, June 15th, 2022 5:00-6:00 pm ET
In recent years the fragility of our democracy has been exposed. Founded to offer both freedom and rights, this form of governance is precious. But it’s permanence cannot be taken for granted.
How do we preserve our democracy in the face of the many threats and challenges before us?
Join us in a conversation with one of the world’s leading experts on the crisis of liberal democracy, Yascha Mounk. With his brilliant insights, many that run counter to conventional wisdom, Mounk offers an optimistic set of ideas and proposals for how our democracies can endure and thrive in spite of our differences.
About the Speakers:
Yascha Mounk is one of the world’s leading experts on democracy and the rise of populism. His latest book is The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure, on how democracies can succeed. TCG hosted Mounk for his last book, The People vs Democracy: Why Our Freedom is In Danger and How to Save It, which was translated into ten languages and recognized as a “Best Book of 2018” by the Financial Times and other publications. He is an Associate Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University, a Contributing Editor at The Atlantic, a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, the founder of Persuasion, and the host of The Good Fight podcast.
Richard Wolffe is an award-winning journalist and political analyst for MSNBC television, appearing frequently on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann and Hardball with Chris Matthews. He covered the entire length of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign for Newsweek magazine. Before Newsweek, Wolffe was a senior journalist at the Financial Times, serving as its deputy bureau chief and US diplomatic correspondent. Wolffe is the author of the New York Times bestseller Renegade: The Making of a President and Revival: The Struggle for Survival Inside the Obama White House. He currently writes a twice-weekly column for the Guardian.
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The American Political Landscape: What Happened to the Center
The US has become more splintered along left-right lines than almost any time in its history. Instead of joining the traditional parties, more voters than ever are opting to become independents - eschewing the parties that no longer fit their views. Where has the middle ground gone?
Thursday, April 14, 2022
5:00 PM 6:00 PM
The American Political Landscape:
What Happened to the Center?
with
Matt Bennett, Elaine Kamarck, and William A. Galston
Thursday, April 14th, 2022
5:00-6:00 pm ET
The US has become more splintered along left-right lines than almost any time in its history. Instead of joining the traditional parties, more voters than ever are opting to become independents - eschewing the parties that no longer fit their views.
The Republican Party has already seen a hard split with more extreme views entering its mainstream and fewer moderate leaders in office. Is the same phenomenon occurring in the Democratic Party?
Are the parties falling to more radical elements - or simply reflecting their most engaged voters who actively demand major change? Was the election victory of Joe Biden an attempt to return to the middle?
Join The Common Good for a discussion on “What happened to the Center” on April 14th to find out.
About the Speaker:
Matt Bennett has journeyed from the campaign trail to the White House, and from the pages of The New York Times to appearances on Meet the Press and 60 Minutes. He worked on both of the presidential campaigns of Bill Clinton, his political hero. He served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs in the Clinton White House, where he was the principal White House liaison to governors and covered issues ranging from disaster response to Medicaid to immigration. Prior to that, Matt traveled with Vice President Al Gore on his White House staff. He was Director of Communications for Wesley Clark's presidential campaign in 2004, and from 2001-2004 he was Director of Public Affairs for Americans for Gun Safety.
In 2005, Matt joined his three fellow co-founders in establishing the Third Way, believing that there is a tremendous need for fresh thinking and moderate ideas in a time of extreme political immoderation. Matt loves coming to work every day to take on the big questions our country faces with some of the people he respects most in the world. He considers helping to extend marriage equality to gays and lesbians one of Third Way's proudest achievements so far.
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