Hedrick Smith explains how our democracy became so imperiled and why he is optimistic that citizen-led grassroots reform movements are reclaiming the American dream. Listen to the podcast In this epis

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“American Spring,” a documentary short film series examining democracy reform issues, is being released this week and is available for free to the reform community for education and advocacy use. The

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Hedrick Smith's documentary "Democracy Rebellion: Videos of People Power in Action" will be rebroadcast on WETA World Channel July 15 at 7pm, July 16 8 am, July 18 9 am; and July 21 11 am. This film i

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What: The People is hosting a virtual press briefing on active 2020 redistricting reform ballot initiatives across the country, bringing together nonpartisan campaign leadership from Oregon, Arkansas,

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This is certainly one of the things that needs to get done. I have been reading Robert Reich's Saving Capitalism ... On to the last Chapters which talk of what we must do. Getting a bigger percentage

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Slay The Dragon is now available On Demand from 16 different streaming services. This documentary shines a light on gerrymandering — the practice of redrawing electoral maps to serve a single party —

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This is the last day of session and yesterday evening the constitutional amendment finally passed! We all agree that it is not perfect but it is an important step forward. Another informative article

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Yes, Eileen Filler-Corn not bringing this to the floor for a vote is outrageous! It is suppressing the Voice of the People since it's passage merely puts the initiative on the ballot in November for V

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It is interesting to watch the video of the P&E committee meeting today (Friday, February 21st). No campaign finance bills were brought up and, IN FACT, the last three sub-committee meetings on campai

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Let's see how many campaign finance bills come out of the P&E sub-committee on campaign finance which meets on Thursday afternoon. This is also the last chance for the P&E committee in the House to al

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**UPDATE AS OF 8PM, 2/11** Back to being at Pocahontas Briefing Room by 9:15 am. See y'all tomorrow!

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Exciting update! The House Privileges and Elections Redistricting Subcommittee has referred HB758 (the enabling legislation guiding the Redistricting Commission Constitutional Amendment, HJ71) to a fu

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Exciting redistricting reform phone banking update! Thanks to our wonderful friends at RepresentUS, we've got a nifty new phone banking platform for our use! This is a particularly valuable way to exp

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Pro-democracy Advocates! With crossover on 2/11, we've got a major push this upcoming week to make sure the House Privileges and Elections Committee votes yes on enabling legislation (HB758) to streng

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representUS and OneVirginia2021 are organizing a day of action for redistricting reform. Please help us spread the word. January 28th: Citizen Lobby Day in Richmond Right now, politicians in Virginia

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On the Docket: Redistricting Dear Nancy, Redistricting reform has been a hot-button issue in Virginia over the past several years, and the 2020 session is going to be critical for cementing reforms. T

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Thanks Bobby, Great idea. In fact, this is an idea which is being promoted by the Coalition for Integrity when they launched their Virginia integrity challenge. We should work with them as we try to g

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For folks in Northern Virginia who can't make our Richmond lobby day on January 14th, please join us in writing to Virginia legislators and telling them how important ending gerrymandering is to you!

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While Washington seethes, huge, populist, grassroots campaigns have emerged in states across the nation to restore and strengthen democracy by reducing the power of money in politics and making it eas

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SOME VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS WANT TO HIT THE BRAKES ON NONPARTISAN REDISTRICTING PLAN By LAURA VOZZELLA, Washington Post (Metered Paywall - 3 articles a month) The vast majority of Virginia legislators vot

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