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Recommended Videos

Recommended videos related to democracy, movement building, media’s role, polarization, economic inequality, campaign finance reform, electoral reform and the 28th amendment.

We the Voters: Do Political Protests Make a Difference? (5 min) – CBS News

Is There a Right Way to Protest? (8 min) – Above the Noise

We the Voters: How does social media change the election? (5 min) – CBS News

Overcoming Political Polarization (77 min) – Kimberly Doell, John Wood, Jr., and Lee Drutman

Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop (54 min) – Lee Drutman

Fix Our House: The Case for Proportional Representation (3 min) – Lee Drutman

Unbreaking America (12 min) – from Represent Us

The Dirty Secret of Capitalism and A New Way Forward (17 min) – Nick Hanauer

Can We Heal Our Great Divide? (23 min) – Hedrick Smith

Our Democracy No Longer Represents the People (21 min) – Lawrence Lessig

POTUS 1: The Next Fight for Democracy (79 min) – Lawrence Lessig

How Democracies Die (67 min) – Steven Levitsky

Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America (58 min) – Nancy MacLean

What the 1% Don’t Want You to Know (24 min) – Moyers and Company

How Economic Inequality Harms Societies  (16 min) – Richard Wilkinson

How corporations infiltrated the Supreme Court (7 min) – from American Promise

Inequality in America: A National Town Hall (99 min) – Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Michael Moore, Darrick Hamilton

Legalize Democracy (30 min) – from Move to Amend

How Public Power Can Defeat Plutocrats (25 min) – Moyers and Company

April 28, 2016: Money Control of Politics – The Broken American Promise and How to Fix It (31 min) – Jeff Clements

Time to Wake Up: We The People (15 min) – Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, RI

Our Mission

Reclaim Our Democracy is an inclusive, collaborative, multi-partisan movement. Our goal is to reclaim our democratic rights as citizens of the United States of America to have a government that truly represents and supports the needs and desires of all people.

Commentary

  • It is Time for Democracy to Strike Back Jan. 25, 2023
  • Two Takeaways from the Recent Midterm Elections that Every American Should Understand Nov. 22, 2022
  • A Real And Very Dangerous Conspiracy Oct. 14, 2022
  • It's Time to Fix the Senate Sep. 8, 2021
  • Back to Basics - #1 Priority for Congress and President Jan. 23, 2021
  • The Mitch McConnell Problem Dec. 18, 2020
  • Dear Mr. Trump: Your Contract Will Not Be Renewed Nov. 21, 2020
  • Today's Civil War Feb 16, 2020

Events

Democracy Festival at First Parish in Concord, Friday, May 19, 7:30pm and Saturday, May 20, 11:00am - 2:00pm

Meeting the Moment: Taking Action to Keep Our Democracy, January 6 and 7, 2023

Partnering for Democracy in Massachusetts and Beyond with Danielle Allen. Video now available.

Democracy as a Spiritual Practice, March 31 and April 14 videos now available

The Democracy Movement: Where it Stands Today and Where it Needs to Go, with Adam Eichen, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022 video now available.

Democracy in Chains, with Duke Professor Nancy MacLean, video of presentation

How Democracies Die, with Harvard Professor Steven Levitsky, video of presentation

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