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The 2024 Election Dynamics — and Strengthening Democracy Beyond It
With E.J. Dionne Jr. - Columnist at The Washington Post and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution
Speaker
E.J. Dionne Jr.Date & time
Oct 17, 2024,
4:00-5:30 pm EDT
Location
About the Event:
Explore the driving forces behind the 2024 election as we discuss the social, political, and economic issues shaping today’s electoral landscape. This discussion will also spotlight proposed reforms aimed at fortifying democratic practices for the long term, with topics like compulsory voting, ranked-choice voting, and increased civic engagement initiatives. Through this lens, we’ll consider how these and other reforms could help enhance voter participation, representation, and overall resilience in our democratic systems, creating a more inclusive and participatory post-election environment.
From the Speaker's Bio
Education: Oxford University, D.Phil.; Harvard University, BA
E.J. Dionne Jr. writes about politics in a weekly column for The Washington Post. He is also a government professor at Georgetown University, a visiting professor at Harvard University, a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution and a frequent commentator on politics for National Public Radio and MSNBC. Before joining The Post in 1990 as a political reporter, Dionne spent 14 years at the New York Times, where he covered politics and reported from Albany, Washington, Paris, Rome and Beirut. His coverage of the Vatican was described by the Los Angeles Times as the best in two decades. In 2014-2015, Dionne was the vice president of the American Political Science Association. He is the author of seven books.
Honors and Awards: Named among the 25 most influential Washington journalists by the National Journal; Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Political Science Association’s Carey McWilliams Award, 1996; Empathy Award from the Volunteers of America, 2002; National Human Services Assembly’s Award for Excellence by a Member of the Media, 2004; Hillman Award for Career Achievement from the Sidney Hillman Foundation, 2011
Professional Affiliations: Chair of the Editorial Committee, "Democracy: A Journal of Ideas"
Books by E.J. Dionne Jr.:
- One Nation After Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate, and the Not-Yet Deported (co-authored with Norman J. Ornstein and Thomas E. Mann)
- Why the Right Went Wrong: Conservatism – From Goldwater to Trump and Beyond
- Our Divided Political Heart: The Battle for the American Idea in an Age of Discontent
- Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith & Politics After the Religious Right
- Stand Up Fight Back: Republican Toughs, Democratic Wimps, and the Politics of Revenge
- They Only Look Dead: Why Progressives Will Dominate The Next Political Era
- Why Americans Hate Politics
- We Are the Change We Seek: The Speeches of Barack Obama (co-editor)
- One Electorate Under God?: A Dialogue on Religion & American Politics (co-editor)
- United We Serve: National Service and the Future of Citizenship (co-editor)
- Sacred Places, Civic Purposes: Should Government Help Faith-Based Charity? (co-editor)
- Bush v. Gore: The Court Cases and the Commentary (co-editor)
- What’s God Got To Do With the American Experiment? (co-editor)
- Community Works: The Revival of Civil Society in America (co-editor)
- Code Red: How Progressives and Moderates Can Unite to Save Our Country
