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What is one change you wish to see in the world? Academics have accepted to share their dreams with us. And we did not stop there. Together, we looked for solutions to make the world a better place.
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“Why do you think the Supreme Court has a role in protecting voting rights? Well, so when people talk about what happened on January 6, 2021, the insurrection at the …
“We are a generation who got spoiled. I mean, we grew up with democracy. We are good with that, etc. And maybe, you know, it’s just like cigarettes. If you’ve …
“Can you explain briefly what’s ranked voting? Yeah, so instead of having to vote for just one candidate on the ballot, you get to rank order your preferences. Like this …
“You said I’m not so naive to think that in the U.S. such laws could pass. And why do you think so? Is it about politics, because people don’t have …
“Implicitly from what you say, I understand that the forces that are threatening the right to vote are conservative. So the right part of the politics in the US, right? …
“It’s really important to engage young people in democracy. You know, I always encourage people to bring their kids along with them when they go vote. We always go vote …
“Would you be in favor of making vote compulsory? I think so, yeah. You know, some countries have done that. Australia is the example that most people point to. Belgium, …
“if you think about all the various laws, all the various rules that govern society in a democracy at least, the people who decide those laws are elected, right, by …
“A reform that I’m excited about is lowering the voting age to 16, at least for local elections. Studies show that 18 is not a great age to start the …
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“Donald Trump used to be a Democrat, he used to be a registered Democrat. He became a Republican basically because he saw that as the path to power. I don’t …
“One problem that the students themselves recognized was that a lot of kids were late to school. Tardiness was a big problem. And when they dived down to figure out …
If there’s only one thing I would look at war, famine, poverty, issues of human suffering, but because I’m a professor of election law and voting rights, I would tie …
Why do you think people are turning away from democracy? Well, you know, this is not a recent phenomenon, right? You know, we’ve seen this happen in, you know, in …
“So thank you very much for all these ideas.I will just make a short summary if I may, then you add if I forgot something.Basically, I try to make a …
“I want to go even, maybe even more into practice.Let’s say that we say that ideally there should be some people who identify that’s a problem and convert by themselves, …
“It’s definitely a chain of people making up the system.So the more individuals make a change by behaving in a nice way and treating people with more kindness.And the more …
“Maybe they know that you are known for being nice to students.But nice does not mean weak and nice does not mean not strict.I can be a nice person and …
“we have to reflect on ourselves.So I think that for me, the most important part is that when I go to sleep at the end of the day, I want …
“Where does it come from that some people are nicer than others?Is it something artificial or natural?I think that obviously, the first moments when we understand what is nice means …
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