by kkromash | Nov 15, 2019
The Chicago Center on Democracy is the home of Bright Line Watch, a multi-university initiative to monitor the state of U.S. democracy. We do this by administering a regular survey to political scientists and a representative sample of the American public about how...
by kkromash | Nov 15, 2019
Adam Przeworski, Professor of Politics at NYU, one of the world’s leading thinkers on democracy, visited University of Chicago on November 5th to participate in a conversation on the topic: “Are we in a crisis of democracy?” Susan Stokes, Faculty Chair of the Chicago...
by kkromash | Oct 29, 2019
The Chicago Center on Democracy had the privilege of organizing a summer internship for five undergraduate students this past summer. We collaborated with Brown University, such that three UChicago students and two Brown students worked as a cohort on some innovative,...
by kkromash | May 15, 2019
Bright Line Watch, a multi-university initiative to monitor democratic practices, their resilience, and potential threats housed at the Chicago Center on Democracy, has released the latest update to its ongoing measurement of the state of U.S. democracy. In March...
by kkromash | Mar 19, 2019
Chicago Center on Democracy’s March 5th conference on campaign finance reform, which we co-organized with the Paul Douglas Institute and Reform for Illinois, was recorded and broadcast by CAN TV, which is “an independent nonprofit established by the City...
by kkromash | Mar 12, 2019
The Bright Line Watch team today published a piece in the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage segment entitled “Trump supporters and opponents are increasingly divided on whether constitutional principles are under threat.” This analysis summarizes the...
