How Can We Help Strengthen Our Democracy?
Here’s one way: Support democracy reforms
- Open, All-Candidate Primaries (explanation video)
- Ranked Choice Voting (explanation video)
- Unite America
- Independent Redistricting
- Direct Election of Presidents
- John Lewis Voting Rights Act
- Supreme court reform
- Get big money out of politics
Indivisible: A national pro-democracy activist organization with state chapters.
League of Women Voters: The advocate for a number of different election reforms.
Braver Angels: Help reduce polarization and build community.
Some good ways to keep informed:
- Robert Reich (on substack.com): How we got here. What we can do.
- The Contrarian (on substack.com): independent, reader-supported news
- Heather Cox Richardson’s “Letters from an American” (on substack.com) current events with a historical perspective
- NY Times “The Daily” podcast: In-depth reporting each day of a major topic in the news.
This page is at uubinghamton.org/democracy
Wes Ernsberger
wesernsberger@gmail.com / 607.342.6049