The Top 5: Changing the way we vote & looking at Hispanic voters
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Episode 41: We Talk Democracy with Shadi Hamid
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The Top 5 articles for your week
“Why Democrats are Losing Hispanic Voters” (The Atlantic)
Because, as Tim Alberta puts it about the Democrats’ hold on Hispanic voters currently, “the Democrats’ predicament today is 20 years in the making.”
“How to Save America From Extremism by Changing the Way We Vote” (Washington Post Magazine)
Because David Montgomery argues, “While America has obviously become more democratic over the centuries — as more and more people have fought for and won the right to vote — we haven’t kept up with innovations around the mechanics of voting.” This article is for anyone who was intrigued by our Wear We Are discussion on Ranked Choice Voting.
“Family Ties. Political Divisions.” (NYT)
Because “In a multitude of families, in a multitude of ways, politics is toxic. It strains marriages. It splits sons and daughters from mothers and fathers. Its transformation from cocktail-party chatter to emotional minefield has only intensified since Donald J. Trump left the White House. Americans have long disagreed about politics within families and across generations. But modern politics — inflamed by disinformation and the hostile, at-times violent tribalism of public life — has stretched what had once been fleeting, mild disputes to the breaking point.”
“Inside the rent-to-own startup that’s putting aspiring homeowners in financial jeopardy” (Fast Company)
Because “Old-fashioned as it may seem, the association between homeownership and the American dream has endured—and with good reason. Homeownership remains the primary driver of wealth creation in the U.S. Conversely, Americans who rent have just one-fortieth of the household wealth that homeowners enjoy, according to the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University.”
“The Problem With Canon” (Esquire)
Because “Canon has a big problem, and the call is coming from inside the house. It’s not hard to see how this obsession with canonical fealty has hamstrung Marvel and Lucasfilm, two franchise juggernauts whose every innovation is punished by a fan meltdown. When storytellers are held hostage by their own audiences, it undermines their ability to do what artists do best: explore, revise, play. This is the problem with storytelling in the age of the mega-franchise—all too often, the impulses of abiding canon conflict with the impulses of making art.”