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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S6S4: The Fight to End SuperPACs and Originalism
On this episode, Lessig provides a brief history of the fight to end SuperPACs. Then, critically, he examines how the theory of the conservatives — originalism — supports our argument against SuperPACs. Become a Patreon subscriber:...
S6E3: The Money Problem
On this episode, Lessig asks: How is money a problem in a democracy, and how is it like the other problems we’re facing in our democracy? Become a Patreon subscriber: https://www.patreon.com/EqualCitizens Music:Roundpine by Blue Dot SessionsNoe Noe by Blue Dot...
S6E2: The Legal Background
On this episode, Lessig explains the legal background to the Maine initiative, from Citizens United to the case that gave us SuperPACs: SpeechNow v. FEC (2010). Become a Patreon subscriber: https://www.patreon.com/EqualCitizens Music:Roundpine by Blue Dot SessionsNoe...
S6E1: The Maine Initiative That Could End SuperPACs
On this episode, Lessig introduces the upcoming Maine initiative that could end SuperPACs and lays out the plan for Season 6 of Another Way. Become a Patreon subscriber: https://www.patreon.com/EqualCitizens Music:Roundpine by Blue Dot SessionsNoe Noe by Blue Dot...
OUR PROJECTS
ANOTHER WAY PODCAST
A weekly podcast about the past, present, and future of American democracy.Â
This season, Larry Lessig talks to leading politicians, authors, activists, and scholars about the threats our democracy faces and the various ways we can reinvigorate the promise of democracy. 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
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