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...
by kkromash | Dec 29, 2018
The New Yorker recently covered Bright Line Watch’s recent study that explores voters’ commitment to democratic norms. These norms include respect for universal access to voting and deference to the decisions of courts (even when they believe the courts...
by kkromash | Dec 10, 2018
Susan Stokes, Faculty Director of the Chicago Center on Democracy, recently spoke at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs about the use of isolationist rhetoric by politicians. She draws from a psychological framework called cognitive appraisal theory to explain why...
