This Moment in Democracy

Navigating the Road to Election 2024: Insights and Conversations with Michael Smerconish

Join Saladin Ambar and Michael Smerconish as they explore the 2024 campaign landscape. Gain insights from Smerconish on navigating diverse viewpoints and the evolving political landscape.

Undecided and Uninspired: The Challenges of Party Politics

In this episode, Lee Drutman, Senior Fellow at New America, discusses the challenge of party politics and explores ways a multi-party system could better represent America's  diversity.

Democracy's Gatekeepers: A Women's History Month Conversation

This Moment in Democracy host Saladin Ambar is joined by Dr. Christina Greer, Associate Professor of Political Science at Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus, for a conversation on the historical intersectionality of gender and politics, specifically speaking to the role black women play in defending democracy.

Reparative and Restorative Justice: A Conversation with Khalil Gibran Muhammad

In honor of Black History Month, Saladin Ambar and Harvard University professor, Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, discuss reparations progress in New Jersey and nationwide, and the impacts censoring race education has on democracy.

Presidential Greatness

In a special President's Day episode, Saladin Ambar is joined by Prof. Justin Vaughn and Prof. Brandon Rottinghaus as they share findings from the Presidential Greatness survey and the lasting impact of executive legacies.