Peter MacLeod and Richard Johnson

Peter MacLeod is the principal of the public engagement firm MASS LBP. Richard Johnson is a MASS associate and writer. They are the authors of the forthcoming book, Democracy’s Second Act: Creating the Publics We Need For The Society We Want.

We need a wake-up call for democracy

Last month, U.S. President Joseph R. Biden convened the Summit for Democracy, a three-day virtual gathering of leaders and representatives from more than 100

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on Jan. 5, 2022, at a press conference on the Hill. Deep democratic renewal will require a much more sweeping agenda that starts by reimagining how power is shared throughout society—not only in our parliaments. Regrettably, the commitments Canada announced at the summit fall far short of what Yale scholar Hélène Landemore proposes or what many others recommend, write Peter MacLeod and Richard Johnson. *The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade*

We need a wake-up call for democracy

Opinion | BY PETER MACLEOD AND RICHARD JOHNSON | January 14, 2022

Last month, U.S. President Joseph R. Biden convened the Summit for Democracy, a three-day virtual gathering of leaders and representatives from more than 100

We need a wake-up call for democracy

Opinion | BY PETER MACLEOD AND RICHARD JOHNSON | January 14, 2022

Last month, U.S. President Joseph R. Biden convened the Summit for Democracy, a three-day virtual gathering of leaders and representatives from more than 100

Peter MacLeod and Richard Johnson

We need a wake-up call for democracy

We need a wake-up call for democracy

We need a wake-up call for democracy

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