Democracy Forum | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
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Democracy Forum, with host Ann Luther, featuring topics in Maine’s participatory democracy, encouraging citizens to take an active role in government and politics.
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Democracy Forum 6/19/26: Pillars of Democracy: Nonpartisan Civil Service
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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Democracy Forum 5/15/26: Pillars of Democracy: Democracy costs money. Who pays?
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May 15, 2026 |
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Democracy Forum 4/17/26: Constitutional Crisis: They’re Watching
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Democracy Forum 3/20/26: Constitutional Crisis: All Hands on Deck to Protect Our Elections
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Democracy Forum 2/20/26: Constitutional Crisis: What Does Civic Courage Look Like?
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Democracy Forum 1/16/26: Constitutional Crisis: Can Democracy Survive Billionaire Economics?
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Democracy Forum 11/21/25: Constitutional Crisis: The Expansion of Presidential Power
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Democracy Forum 10/17/25: What’s On Your Ballot?
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Democracy Forum 9/19/25: Constitutional Crisis: The Penalties for Free Speech
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Democracy Forum 7/18/25: Constitutional Crisis: Will We Still Have Free and Fair Elections?
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Democracy Forum 6/20/25: Constitutional Crisis: Are Civil Liberties a Thing of the Past?
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Democracy Forum 5/16/25: Constitutional Crisis: Is Our Government Making Us Sick?
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May 16, 2025 |
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Democracy Forum 4/18/25: Constitutional Crisis? Call it what you will, this is not normal…
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Democracy Forum 3/21/25: Constitutional Crisis: How to Stand Up, Speak Up, Push Back
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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Democracy Forum 2/21/25: Private Equity and You
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Democracy Forum 1/17/25: States’ Rights, Then and Now
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Democracy Forum 11/15/24: Election Reflections: What Just Happened Here?
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Democracy Forum Special 10/23/24: Voting Rights and the Integrity of Elections in Maine
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Democracy Forum 10/18/24: Election 2024: What’s on Your Ballot?
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Democracy Forum 9/20/24: Propaganda: Is This For Real?
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Democracy Forum 6/21/24: Order in the Court: Who’s Your Judge?
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Democracy Forum 5/17/24: Constitutional Right to Vote: Do we have it, do we need it?
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May 17, 2024 |
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Democracy Forum 4/19/24: Clean Elections 24 Years Later (Yes, it’s been that long)
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Democracy Forum 3/15/24: Unions and Democracy Take Two
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Democracy Forum 2/16/24: National Popular Vote: What do we need? How can we get it?
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Democracy Forum 1/19/24: Who Gets to Vote in Maine Primaries? Change is coming…
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Democracy Forum 11/17/23: What Happened on Election Day? – And What Does It Mean?
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Democracy Forum 10/20/23: Yikes – 8 Ballot Questions!
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Democracy Forum 9/15/23: Book Banning: The Tip of the Iceberg?
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Democracy Forum 8/18/23: Ballot Questions: Whose Initiatives Are They? (REBROADCAST)
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Democracy Forum 6/16/23: Public Opinion Polling: Is It Good for Democracy
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Democracy Forum 5/19/23: Young Change Makers: Owning the Future
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May 19, 2023 |
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Democracy Forum 4/21/23: Ballot Questions: Whose Initiatives Are They?
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Democracy Forum 3/17/23: If Small States Rule, Why Are They So Angry?
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Democracy Forum 2/17/23: Small-state bias in the federal government: is this democracy?
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Democracy Forum 1/20/23: Comprehensive Planning: Why Bother?
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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Democracy Forum 11/18/22: Election Reflections: What Just Happened Here?
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Democracy Forum 10/21/22: What’s At Stake in Moore v. Harper? Gerrymandering and More
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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Democracy Forum 9/16/22: Checks and Balances: What are They? Are They Working?
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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Democracy Forum 8/19/22: Libraries: Defenders of Democracy (Originally aired April 15 2022)
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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Democracy Forum 7/15/22: Taxation without Representation: Should DC be a State?
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Democracy Forum 6/17/22: The Supreme Court and Democracy
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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Democracy Forum 5/20/22: The Demise of Local News: What Are We Losing?
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May 20, 2022 |
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Democracy Forum 4/15/22: Libraries: Defenders of Democracy
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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Democracy Forum 3/18/22: Communities on Edge: Threats and Intimidation in the Public Sphere
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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Democracy Forum 2/18/22: Facebook and Democracy: Can They Live Together?
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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Democracy Forum 1/21/22: Educating for Democracy: How’s it Working?
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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Democracy Forum 11/19/21: Freedom of Religion, Freedom from Religion: Politics and Religion in America
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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Democracy Forum 10/15/21: In Government We Trust — Or Do We?
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Democracy Forum 9/17/21: The Two-party System and the Future of Our Democracy
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Democracy Forum 6/18/21: Protest: Good Citizenship at Work?
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Democracy Forum 5/21/21 Democracy and Unions: Do They Need Each Other?
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May 21, 2021 |
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Democracy Forum 4/16/21 Divided We Stand: Can diversity be our strength?
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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Democracy Forum 3/19/21: Is that for real? Conspiracy Theories in American Politics
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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Democracy Forum 2/19/21: Can Democracy Survive the Internet?
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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Democracy Forum 1/15/21: Searching for Common Ground across the Political Divide
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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Democracy Forum 11/20/20: Election Reflections 2020
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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Democracy Forum 10/16/20: Who’s Showing Up to Vote in November?
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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Democracy Forum 9/18/20: Who Votes, Who Can’t, and Who Won’t?
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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Democracy Forum 8/21/20 Is Government Doing Good: Policy Feedback Effects & the Civic Divide
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Aug 21, 2020 |
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Democracy Forum 7/17/20: Election Reflections re July 14, 2020
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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Democracy Forum 6/19/20 One Person, One Vote: The Electoral College and the NPV
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Jun 19, 2020 |
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Democracy Forum 5/15/20: Ranked Choice Voting: How’s It Working in 2020
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May 15, 2020 |
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Democracy Forum 4/17/20: Voting in a Pandemic: The Upcoming Primary Election in Maine
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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Democracy Forum 2/21/20: Super Tuesday Comes to Maine March 3
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Feb 21, 2020 |
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Democracy Forum 1/17/20 Census 2020: Everyone Counts
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Jan 17, 2020 |
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Democracy Forum 11/15/19 “Is government doing good: policy feedback effects and the civic divide”
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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Democracy Forum 10/18/19: Hate and Fear in Politics: How fear and Anger Endanger Democracy
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Oct 18, 2019 |
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Democracy Forum 9/20/19: Black, White, and Blue Lies: Lies that divide, lies that unite
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Sep 20, 2019 |
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Democracy Forum 7/19/19: Town Government: Take 2. Listeners have spoken!
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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Democracy Forum 6/21/19: Town Meeting- “Doing Democracy” in Your Town
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Jun 21, 2019 |
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Democracy Forum 5/17/19: Republic vs Democracy: Why Should We Care?
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May 17, 2019 |
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Democracy Forum 4/19/19 Citizen Initiatives: The Devil’s in the Details
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Apr 19, 2019 |
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Democracy Forum 3/15/19
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Mar 15, 2019 |
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Democracy Forum 2/15/19
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Feb 15, 2019 |
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Democracy Forum 1/18/19
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Jan 18, 2019 |
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Democracy Forum 11/30/18
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Nov 30, 2018 |
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Democracy Forum 10/19/18
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Oct 19, 2018 |
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Democracy Forum 9/21/18
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Sep 21, 2018 |
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Democracy Forum 7/20/18
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Jul 20, 2018 |
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Democracy Forum 6/15/18
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Jun 15, 2018 |
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Democracy Forum 5/18/18
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May 18, 2018 |
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Democracy Forum 4/20/18
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Apr 20, 2018 |
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Democracy Forum 3/16/18
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Mar 16, 2018 |
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Democracy Forum 2/16/18
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Feb 16, 2018 |
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Democracy Forum 11/17/17
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Nov 17, 2017 |
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Democracy Forum 10/20/17
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Oct 20, 2017 |
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Democracy Forum 9/15/17
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Sep 15, 2017 |
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Democracy Forum 7/21/17
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Jul 21, 2017 |
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Democracy Forum 6/16/17
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Jun 16, 2017 |
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Democracy Forum 5/19/17
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May 19, 2017 |
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Democracy Forum 4/21/17
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Apr 21, 2017 |
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Democracy Forum 3/17/17
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Mar 17, 2017 |
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Democracy Forum 2/17/17
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Feb 17, 2017 |
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Democracy Forum 1/20/17
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Jan 20, 2017 |
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Democracy Forum 11/18/16
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Nov 18, 2016 |
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Democracy Forum 10/21/16
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Oct 21, 2016 |
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Democracy Forum 9/16/16
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Sep 16, 2016 |
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Democracy Forum 7/15/16
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Jul 15, 2016 |
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Democracy Forum 6/17/16
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Jun 17, 2016 |
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Democracy Forum 5/20/16
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May 20, 2016 |
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Democracy Forum 4/15/16
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Apr 15, 2016 |
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Democracy Forum 3/18/16
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Mar 18, 2016 |
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Democracy Forum 2/19/16
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Feb 19, 2016 |
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Democracy Forum 10/8/12
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Oct 08, 2012 |
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Democracy Forum 9/10/12
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Sep 10, 2012 |
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Democracy Forum 8/13/12
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Aug 13, 2012 |
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Democracy Forum 6/18/12
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Jun 18, 2012 |
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Democracy Forum 5/14/12
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May 14, 2012 |
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Democracy Forum 4/9/12
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Apr 09, 2012 |
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Democracy Forum 3/12/12
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Mar 12, 2012 |
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Democracy Forum 2/13/12
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Feb 13, 2012 |
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Democracy Forum 1/9/12
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Jan 09, 2012 |