Commentary: American democracy needs a grassroots coalition at home
by William G. Howell and Susan C. Stokes, Chicago Tribune
Dec 15, 2021
3 minutes
Last week, the Biden administration hosted the Democracy Summit — a convening of leaders and organizations representing democracies around the world. The political context for these meetings is at once urgent and dire, including, and perhaps especially, here in the United States.
Just look around. Signs of democratic breakdown are everywhere: partisan manipulation of electoral procedures, disbelief in election outcomes, distrust in political institutions and legislative gridlock that just never seems to break. Harvard’s recent Youth Poll revealed that 52% of young Americans believe U.S. democracy is either “in trouble” or
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