Is Massachusetts a beacon of democracy?
In this live episode of The Codcast, Commonwealth Beacon's Jennifer Smith is joined by Danielle Allen of Harvard University and Partners in Democracy to discuss how Massachusetts's democracy is doing.

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Today in Politics | Explainer

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Lessons from Boston for Mass. school desegregation lawsuit

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The Age of Depopulation With Nicholas Eberstadt

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Unfortunately, You Need to Know What the Jevons Paradox is

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Jack Smith & Brian Driscoll On Weaponizing Justice | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

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Are We Man Enough for Clean Energy? | Lunch Money with Paul Krugman and Heather Cox Richardson

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The Massachusetts angle into the US Senate’s housing bill

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What do tech pioneers think about the AI revolution? - The Engineers, BBC World Service

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Michael Hudson: How Debt Destroys Empires

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A year after Steward closures, lost trust and betrayal

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Has America Run Out of Credibility? | Former Obama Security Advisor, Ben Rhodes

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Why Half of Boston is Completely Fake

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Sarah Paine - Why Putin and Xi can't escape geography

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Politics Chat, July 7, 2026

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Stephen Kotkin — How Stalin became the most powerful dictator in history

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Safeguarding diversity, access, and quality in Massachusetts' higher education

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Without employee housing, fears that the Cape will crumble

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Sarah C. M. Paine — Why dictators keep making the same fatal mistake

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Tom Hanks' HILARIOUS Harvard Speech Leaves Audience in Splits: “I Make a Good Living...” | REPLUG

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