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Financial Product Safety Commission Continues to Gain Ground

News: The Financial Product Safety Commission, an idea originally proposed in Democracy, has recently been discussed on the Senate floor and been the focus of an article in Harvard Magazine.

Democracy Podcast: Expand the House of Representatives

News: Larry Sabato talks with Democracy co-editor Andrei Cherny about the need to expand the House of Representatives.

Putting the "Home" In Homeland Security

News: The Utne Reader has cited Matthew Dallek's call for "Civic Security," which appeared in our winter issue, as an example of an "Emerging Idea."

The Freakonomics of Car Insurance

News: On April 20th, Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt—authors of the best-selling Freakonomics—cited Jason Bordoff's recent Democracy article as evidence in their case for pay-as-you-drive car insurance.

Tomorrow's Big Ideas

News: The Dallas Morning News has excerpted long sections of our recent "What's Next?" feature in its editorial section.

See Democracy Editor Andrei Cherny Discuss His New Book, The Candy Bombers

Event: Democracy co-editor and co-founder Andrei Cherny is the author of the new book, The Candy Bombers. He'll be touring the country to discuss the book and sign copies.

Democracy Podcast: The Challenges of Sovereign Wealth Funds

News: In the latest podcast episode, frequent Democracy contributor Joshua Kurlantzick discusses sovereign wealth funds with editor Kenneth Baer.

Do We Need A National Primary?

News: Democracy co-editor Kenneth Baer believes that we need a national presidential primary. KPFK radio recently interviewed him about his idea.

Democracy Podcast: Introducing Issue 8

News: Editors Kenneth Baer and Andrei Cherny discuss Issue 8.

Brave New World War

Jamie Metzl: Genetic engineering will soon turn science fiction to fact. Why we need a new global treaty to control it.

Faith No More

Susan Jacoby: The Bush Administration has proved once and for all that church and state must be kept far apart. A response to Mary Jo Bane.

A Fistful of Dinars

Joshua Kurlantzick: For a nation reeling from the subprime crisis, sovereign wealth funds can be more a blessing than a curse—but only if we make the right moves now.

Separation Anxiety

Yehudah Mirsky: Can the American approach to religion work outside the West?

Ron Paul's America

Michael Tomasky: The promise and peril of the isolationist strain in American Conservatism.

The Foolishness of Crowds

Andrew Keen: Importing the wiki model of policymaking will mean less democracy, not more. A response to Beth Simone Noveck.

Grid to the Twenty-First Century

Reed Hundt: Will a more networked society be a less free society?

Bolívar's Ghost

Ted Piccone: Latin America is a dynamic continent at a political crossroads. The next president's policy will help lead it toward greater prosperity—or lead it to a dangerous populism.

Well-Regulated

Anne Joseph O'Connell: The future of progressive governance depends on the unglamorous, little-noticed world of regulation.

Kenneth Baer on Brian Lehrer

Event: On February 15th, Democracy co-editor Kenneth Baer appeared on The Brian Lehrer Show to discuss the complex Democratic primary process.