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Frank Prosnitz/A Bridge to the FutureAmid chaos, reason for hopeWith many believing U.S. democracy is in peril, Brookings Senior Fellow Darrell M. West offers a more optimistic outlook.It’s not that West, a former director of Brown University’s Taubman Center, doesn’t see that democracy may be in jeopardy, but he is confident that mainly younger voters are recognizing the dangers.We talked with West, trying to make sense of the chaos. In this podcast, West talks about a political atmosphere, maybe best described by former President Bill Clinton, as “politics of personal destruction.” Our conversation ranges from...2025-07-1219 min
Frank Prosnitz/A Bridge to the FutureConversation with Brookings' Darrell M. West -- "A very tough year" aheadA conversation with Brookings' Darrell West, and a forecast for 2024 -- “A very tough year in the history of this country.” We touch on a divided nation, Congressional inaction, the Biden "impeachment," and much more. Darrell M. West is a senior fellow at the Center for Technology Innovation and Douglas Dillon Chair in Government Studies at the Brooking Institution. He is the author of numerous books, including Power and Politics: Trump and the Assault on American Democracy (Brookings Press, 2022). His books have won numerous awards and in 2014 he was honored by the Public Administration Review for having writt...2023-12-3017 min
Frank Prosnitz/A Bridge to the FutureDemocracy on TrialWe caught up with Darrell West, a vice president and director of Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and asked him if Democracy is on trial. We touch on the courts, the January 6 Commission, campaign finance among a number of issues. West, who has authored more than 20 books holds the Douglas Dillon Chair in Governmental Studies and is Co-Editor-in-Chief of TechTank at Brookings. Before coming to Brookings, he was the John Hazen White Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Director of the Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University. He won numerous awards, including the American...2022-05-0724 min