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Philip K. Howard is founder of Common Good and author, most recently, of Try Common Sense: Replacing the Failed Ideologies of Right and Left (2019).
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Letting Leaders Lead
America is suffering from a failure of democratic authority–the solution is to re-empower Americans to take responsibility.
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Helping Andrew Yang
Yang’s new party is a good idea, but he needs an enemy.
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Accountability on Trial
Expansive rights rhetoric undermines what democracy cannot survive without—accountability.