It is broken. Can we fix it?
MISINFORMATION
- Mandated Civics Education and News Literacy
- Cut Back on Electronic Connectedness
- No More Politician-Speak
- A Voting System That Accounts for Ignorance
- Term Limits for Pundits
- An FCC Fine for Lying
- Replace Standardized Tests with Debates and Deliberation
- Correct For the Media’s Negativity Bias
- Restore the Fairness Doctrine
- Better Data About America’s Future
- Government Funding for Local Newspapers
- Hold Social Media Platforms Accountable for Defamation
- Real-Time Scoring of Candidates’ Accuracy at Debates
INEQUALITY
- Pass an Anti-Racist Constitutional Amendment
- Nominate Only Women to Open Congressional Seats
- A Tax to Boost Immigrant Communities
- End the Drug War Now
- Courage and Vision…
- Gender Quotas
- Eliminate Race-Based Policymaking
- A Guaranteed Income
- Create a Maximum Wage
- Publish Distributional, Not Just Aggregate, Growth Data
- Invest in Decriminalization
- Don’t Let Civil Rights Protections Slip
- A Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- Move Some Federal Agencies Out of Washington
- Make State Legislatures Full-Time Jobs
POLARIZATION
- Bring Back Weekly Bipartisan Senate Meetings
- Multimember House Districts
- Mandatory National Service
- Redistricting Reform
- Religious Literacy Education
- Make Congressional Orientation Bipartisan—and Ongoing
- Vote Trump Out
- More Social Media Regulation
- Shift Power Back to the Local Level
- Ban Partisan Gerrymandering and Enact Open Primaries Nationwide
- Ranked-Choice Voting
- Rethink Social Media So It Doesn’t Encourage Conflict
- Get Politicians Out of Cars
- Bring Back Patriotic Art
- Don’t Be Mean
- Politics Is Not the Answer
- A Domestic Exchange Program
- Statewide Proportional Representation in the House
- Congressional Pen Pals
- Forced Bipartisanship
PARTICIPATION
- A 21st-Century Voting Rights Act
- Let Immigrants Run for President
- Move Voting to Veterans Day
- A Bigger—Virtual—House
- A Tax Credit for Voting
- Give Nonstates Full Congressional Representation
- Restore Voting Rights to Ex-Felons
- Select Public Officials Randomly, Like Jury Duty
- A ‘No-Confidence’ Vote on Presidential Candidates
- Automatic Voter Registration
- Make Policy More User-Generated
- Confer a Positive Constitutional Right to Vote
- Strengthen Local Political Parties
- A National ID Card and Automatic Voter Registration
- Get More People to Vote
- Break Up Lawyers’ Monopoly on the Law
- Educate Americans About How to Run for Office
- Let More People Vote, More Easily
- Directly Elect the Speaker of the House
- End the Electoral College
- Same-Day Voter Registration
GRIDLOCK
- Ditch the Filibuster
- Start With Problems, Not Parties
- National Ballot Initiatives
- End the Permanent Campaign
- A Permanent Committee to Improve Congress
- Impeachment 2.0
- Return All Legislative Power to Congress
- Fix Our Broken Immigration System
- Teach Congress About Science and Technology
- A Congressional Pork Barrel Fund
- Congressional Bonuses on Merit
- Occasional Anonymous Votes
- Try Again
CORRUPTION
- Cut Government Salaries
- Give Citizens Vouchers to Hire Lobbyists
- Shut the Revolving Door Once and For All
- Overturn Buckley v. Valeo
- Disclose Corporate Campaign Spending
- Curb Corporate Power
- Public Matching for Small-Dollar Federal Donations
- A New Cabinet Position and Federal Agency to Fight Corruption
- Term Limits
- Make Campaigns Exclusively Public-Funded
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