CANCEL SUPERPACS VIDEO COMPETITION

We launched a video competition with a $50,000 prize. Entrants will explain why, contrary to conventional wisdom, SuperPACs can be regulated.

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We believe that every single issue we care about — from climate change to gun safety, from health care to military spending — cannot be fixed until we FIX DEMOCRACY FIRST

Equal Citizens — a nonprofit founded by Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig — is dedicated to reforms that will achieve citizen equality. Through a series of projects that aim to restore the core promise of citizen equality in our Constitution, we will end the corruption of our representative democracy.

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S5E11: Gashed Hull: Broadcast Democracy: Markus Prior

S5E11: Gashed Hull: Broadcast Democracy: Markus Prior

What was media like? How has media changed? In this episode, we talk to Princeton Professor Markus Prior about the architecture of public media, over the period of what he calls "broadcast democracy," and in the period we're living within today. How does that...

S5E09: Gashed Hull: Intro

S5E09: Gashed Hull: Intro

The premise of the first part to this season is that our broken democracy can be fixed. The solutions are clear and achievable. Many of them would be enacted if the Democrats regained sufficient control of our government. But in this part, we explore why these...

S5E08: Overturned Tables: The Senate: Marty Paone

S5E08: Overturned Tables: The Senate: Marty Paone

The obscure rules of the Senate are an important part of the dysfunction of American democracy today. In this episode, we speak to a former Secretary for the Majority of the United States Senate and, for the last two years of the Obama administration, the Deputy...

OUR PROJECTS

ANOTHER WAY PODCAST

A weekly podcast about how we can pass The For The People Act, the most significant fair elections bill in generations. 

This season, Larry Lessig and the Equal Citizens team will be talking to politicians, authors, activists, and more to bring you in-depth information about the For The People Act and the most important issues in our democracy, and to let you know how you can make change happen. Subscribe using the tools on this page, or listen to episodes below.. Listen →

OUR PROJECTS

ANOTHER WAY PODCAST

Is there a way to make the 2020 election about something more than simply defeating President Trump? Can it become an election that unites America? Can we leverage what unifies America, and get an (unrigged) democracy that could work? That’s the hope described in this six episodes — Another Way, Season One.
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WHAT WE FIGHT FOR

EQUAL
REPRESENTATION

Citizens should be represented equally in elections

EQUAL
DEPENDENCE

Representatives should depend on citizens equally

EQUAL FREEDOM
TO VOTE

Citizens should have the same opportunity to vote