The Renovator
Danielle Allen, Adam Harper, Aidan Fitzsimons, Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno, Ben Rhodes, Beth Fukumoto, Colleen Shogan, Meredith Sumpter, Joanna Kenty, Nathan E. Sanders, Bruce Schneier, In Pursuit, Zachey Kliger, Marcela Miranda-PrietoThe Renovator is a Substack for everyone who wants to help renovate our democracy.
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Civic Education News Roundup: Introducing Democracy 201!
Big news for our civic education nerds: we’re launching a new section of The Renovator just for you!
We launched this roundup because there are so many educators supporting civic learning around the country – for all ages, in all kinds of...
About Democracy 201
Democracy 201 is a paid-subscriber newsletter for civic educators, in a broad and inclusive sense. We share posts about promising practices and models for civic learning, as well as opinion pieces about important themes and principles in ci...
The Lexington Experiment
Editor’s note: Gideon ran this two-part column in April, but Lexington’s assembly got some big news this week, so it’s a great time to catch up with CivicLex!
Lexington, Kentucky, completed its first civic assembly in March. I’d bee...
Votes, Voters, and Federal Probes: Primary Season Kicks Off with a Win and a Warning - Democracy in the States Roundup
Photo by Lesli Whitecotton on Unsplash
It’s Friday, June 5, 2026, and time for your Democracy in the States’ Weekly Roundup.
Let’s start with the good news! Yesterday, the U.S. Senate rejected the SAVE America Act, dealing a blow to Presi...
Time to Ditch Platner
Last Sunday, I had the privilege of attending the deeply moving presentation of Profile in Courage Awards at the John F. Kennedy Library to the people of Minneapolis and former Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell. Four Minnesotans — a schoo...
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The founder of The Renovator, Danielle Allen, is a Harvard prof and democracy advocate working on democracy renovation 24-7.
I am a lawyer from rural Georgia who has worked on voting rights at the U.S. Department of Justice, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and Harvard’s Election Law Clinic. I write about democracy, constitutional law, and the discipline of political power.
Adventuring around America in pursuit of the Great American Novel
CEO, RepresentUs. Working for a US government that's accountable to the people, not just the powerful. Global anti-corruption, pro-democracy advocate, attorney. Author: "There Are No Dead Here: A Story of Murder and Denial in Colombia"
Pod Save the World. New York Times. Author: All We Say, After the Fall, and the World As It Is. Former Obama speechwriter and deputy national security advisor. Knicks and Mets.
Apolitical’s “100 Future Leaders: The World’s Most Influential Young People in Government.” 3-term State Legislator. Once, the youngest woman to lead a major party in a US legislature. Now, political columnist & strategic comms consultant.
CEO of In Pursuit, 11th Archivist of the United States, political scientist, American history buff, and dog lover
FairVote CEO
Roman empire nerd, random fact generator, kitchen wizard, proud Philadelphian
Data Scientist @ Harvard University, Berkman Klein Center; Co-Author of Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship
Security technologist, writer, researcher. Fellow and lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School, and the Munk School at the University of Toronto. www.schneier.com
Debriefing the first 250 years of the American experiment to uncover the insight and courage needed for our future.
Policy writer and communications professional covering tech, AI, and democracy.
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