by kkromash | Jan 7, 2022
Susan Stokes, Director of the Chicago Center on Democracy, was quoted in several articles about the one-year anniversary of the January 6 Capitol insurrection: “January 6 laid bare our national fissures. One year later, the day’s memories still divide...
by kkromash | Dec 14, 2021
Susan Stokes, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Chicago Center on Democracy, discussed President Joe Biden’s Democracy Summit in two recent news articles. The first, “Biden convenes ‘democracy summit’ as America’s system grows...
by kkromash | May 24, 2021
Susan Stokes, director of the Chicago Center on Democracy, was quoted extensively in the USA Today story, “The ‘gaffe machine’ gets a tuneup: Joe Biden stays surprisingly on message as president” (May 23, 2021). One of her quotes: “The...
by kkromash | Apr 28, 2021
Susan Stokes, Director of the Chicago Center on Democracy, has been selected as one of the next Carnegie Fellows, an award administered by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. This $200,000 award will allow Stokes to develop a book, tentatively titled How Would-Be...
by kkromash | Apr 28, 2021
Susan Stokes, Director of the Chicago Center on Democracy, was in the news twice this week: In a radio interview on WBUR’s “On Point” program, talking with host Meghna Chakrabarti about what recent anti-protest bills reveal about the state of U.S....
by kkromash | Mar 16, 2021
Sue Stokes, Director of the Chicago Center on Democracy, spoke about referendums and political power on March 10, 2021 as part of a panel organized by the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy. She addressed the question: Does direct democracy increase democratic...
