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It’s Monday, May 18, 2026 — welcome back to your Tech and Democracy Roundup.

Tech policy news often follows familiar patterns. The frontier AI companies release increasingly capable models. State AGs and lawmakers push to hold big tech acc...

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Redistricting Apocalypse: State by State Fallout & What We Can Do Next - Democracy in the States Roundup

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It’s Friday, May 15, 2026, and time for your Democracy in the States: Weekly Roundup.

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Are We Ready for a New Voting Rights Movement?

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  • Danielle Allen

    The founder of The Renovator, Danielle Allen, is a Harvard prof and democracy advocate working on democracy renovation 24-7.

  • John Griffin

    Walpole, MA | Writing about Democracy Renovation - reconnecting people to civic life and building redesigning political institutions to respond to that participation. [email protected]

  • Audrey Tang

    Taiwan’s first Digital Minister and the world’s first nonbinary cabinet minister. Awarded the Right Livelihood Award for “advancing the social use of digital technology to empower citizens, renew democracy and heal divides.”

  • Beth Fukumoto

    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.

  • Malcolm Salter

    Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business School

  • Nathan E. Sanders

    Data Scientist @ Harvard University, Berkman Klein Center; Co-Author of Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship

  • Bruce Schneier

    Security technologist, writer, researcher. Fellow and lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School, and the Munk School at the University of Toronto. www.schneier.com

  • In Pursuit

    Debriefing the first 250 years of the American experiment to uncover the insight and courage needed for our future.

  • Ben Rhodes

    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.

  • Colleen Shogan

    CEO of In Pursuit, 11th Archivist of the United States, political scientist, American history buff, and dog lover

  • Zachey Kliger

    Policy writer and communications professional covering tech, AI, and democracy.

  • Joanna Kenty

    Roman empire nerd, random fact generator, kitchen wizard, proud Philadelphian

  • Aidan Fitzsimons

    Adventuring around America in pursuit of the Great American Novel

  • Anne-Marie Slaughter

    Anne-Marie Slaughter is CEO of New America and author of The Idea That Is America: Keeping Faith with our Values in a Dangerous World (2007) and Renewal: From Crisis to Transformation in our Lives, Work, and Politics (2021).

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