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Don Moynihan of Georgetown University joins us this week to discuss the Inflation Reduction Act, Schedule F, and how policy implementation is democracy in action.

Democracy Works is back after its summer break and catch up on what's happened to American democracy while the show was on hiatus.

In our last episode before summer break, Michael, Chris, Candis and Jenna reflect on what we've learned this year on the show and look ahead to what the summer will hold for American democracy.

Legislators and parent groups are asking school districts across the country are removing books from school library shelves — often before they've even read them. This week, we explore what's happening and what it means for free speech and public education in our democracy.

Americans owe more than $1 trillion in student debt and some members of the Millennial and Gen Z wonder whether they'll ever pay off their loans. This week, we take a step back to see how we got here and how student debt relates to trust in democratic institutions.

Lilliana Mason of the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University joins us this week to discuss her work on the radicalization of American politics and why political scientists have been slow to catch onto it.

Rep. Ro Khanna draws from Frederick Douglass and John Rawls to create a vision for democratic patriotism, and has ideas for how technology can help make that vision a reality.

Foreign policy expert and Washington Post columnist Robert Kagan joins us this week to discuss crises in democracy in the United States and Ukraine.

This week, we explore how America's market-driven media have undermined democracy — and how more robust public media in the U.S. might help right the ship.

As many liberals were saying "thank God for federalism" in the Trump era, Jake Grumbach saw some different — and disturbing — patterns emerging. He joins us this week to discuss the findings in his forthcoming book, Laboratories Against Democracy.