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An inspiring conversation about democracy

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

The Importance of Civic Education

Campaign finance disclosure laws that are a lot stronger and pushing forward on a constitutional amendment to make clear that corporate money does not count as political speech. Then I actually think we also need a really robust initiative on civic education. It is a tragedy, a profound proportions that we are at a state where among millennials, only something like 30 percent think it's essential to live in a democracy. And the fact of the matter is that no democracy can survive if its citizens don't think democracy is essential.

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