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Piercing the Governor's "Aw Shucks" Defense

April 25, 2024

DeWine says he doesn't remember or didn't know about millions in dark money connected to the First Energy scandal

How Ohio Re-Started a Toxic Chemical Leak

April 24, 2024

The state's broken government made it happen

The GOP's Pattern of Preserving Power at All Costs

April 22, 2024

David Pepper sees a pattern in how Ohio's Republicans defy elections and the law to maintain power

Confused? So is Governor DeWine.

April 18, 2024

He demands how schools should teach reading while giving public dollars to unregulated Private Schools

We're Playing the Wrong Game

April 10, 2024

On her PoliticsGirl Podcast, Leigh McGowan talks with David Pepper about how we need to beat Republicans at their own game...at the state level.

The Real-Life Inspiration from Running Everywhere

April 8, 2024

Report from the Front Lines: Missouri

What John Glenn Taught David Pepper

March 2, 2024

Remembering an important lesson from the most famous Ohioan of the 20th century

Report From Oregon on the Front Line in the Fight for Democracy

February 26, 2024

How "Neighborhood Leaders" can make all the difference!

The State Level Battle For Democracy

January 27, 2024

Report from the Front Lines: From Massachusetts to Connecticut to Wisconsin to New York to Missouri

Make College Campuses Hubs for Democracy

January 25, 2024

But don't make the students do all the work!

"Hostages?" You Can't Be Serious!

January 9, 2024

But Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is…and so are the efforts of her and others to rewrite history

Democracy Is Action

January 8, 2024

A key lesson from the past: 1965 and the signing of the Voting Rights Act

The Great Battlefield

January 5, 2024

David Pepper joins the Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as a writer and activist

Make Saving Democracy Your New Year's Resolution

December 31, 2023

What have you been doing to lift democracy in your life...and what more can you do beyond that?

Morning Coffee With C-Span

December 26, 2023

David Pepper spent an hour on "Washington Journal" discussing 2023 and '24

GREAT NEWS in NC, TX & AR

December 16, 2023

In record numbers, Democrat candidates are challenging extremist incumbents in state legislatures

In The Garden of Beasts: disturbing parallels between Nazi Germany in the 1930s and America now.

December 4, 2023

Disturbing as hell...then and now

Understanding Today's Lawless GOP Officials

November 11, 2023

Why they react so lawlessly to defeats like Ohio's Issue One

The Non-Democratic Career of Mike Johnson

October 26, 2023

In today's gerrymandered world, Johnson is the perfect example of how people can rise to power without facing a real election their entire careers.

Parallels Between the Global and State-Level Erosion of Democracy

October 14, 2023

David talks with scholar and writer Anne Applebaum about the threats to democracy

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