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We are embedded in systems that we take for granted as the way things should be. These are the invisible matrices that discipline us because of the fascination of U.S. politics with carcerality. We have an opportunity for expansive imagination and recreation.

Experts have been ringing alarm bells for years on U.S. democracy’s unique vulnerabilities to the global rise of authoritarianism. Americans across the political spectrum have been steadily losing faith in public governmental institutions. With 34% of voters saying that democracy was the issue that mattered the most to them this election, the results from this past presidential election show more complicated demarcations than Black vs. White, Republican vs. Democratic, progressive vs. conservative.

In this conversation, speakers discussed how to to facilitate a multi-racial democracy and build a robust path forward for democratic institutions.

Featuring Grant Tudor, Policy Advocate at Protect Democracy; and Aditi Juneja, Executive Director at Democracy 2076

Moderated by Becca Leviss, MTS ‘25, CRPL ‘25

Transcript: https://rpl.hds.harvard.edu/news/2025....