The future of our democracy depends on finding ways in which ‘power to the people’ can become real.
Marshall Ganz
Marshall Ganz teaches leadership and organizing at Harvard’s Kennedy School. He dropped out to become an organizer for SNCC, and for 16 years was organizing director of the United Farm Workers. After a 28-year leave of absence, he returned to Harvard for his Ph.D.
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Motor Voter or Motivated Voter?
The Motor Voter law was supposed to dramatically increase turnout and give marginalized groups more voice in politics. Unfortunately, getting these groups to register doesn’t do any good if you don’t give them reason to vote.
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Voters in the Crosshairs
New technologies were supposed to enable campaigns to reach more voters. Instead, they ended up fragmenting and alienating much of the electorate.