Do you ever wonder why our voting and election systems work the way they do? Has anyone ever preached to you the virtues (or evils) of rank choice voting, blockchain, or eliminating the electoral college? Then tune in to the lastest TPTM episode where Colleen (MPP ‘21) sits down with elections-policy experts and fellow Goldman students Rachel Wallace (MPP’20) and Ben Raderstorf (MPP ‘20) to break down the “hows” and “whys” of our voting systems. Listen in as they chat about the values we embrace when designing our elections, break down a bunch of elections-policy proposals, and argue why we should care about any of this in the first place. Be sure to keep your eye out for upcoming episodes in our Democracy series. We’ll be talking about the upcoming election in the era of COVID-19 and trying to answer the pressing questions that arise given this unprecedented context.

We discuss criminal justice policy in the Arkansas State Legislature 93rd General Assembly, with special guests Rachel Wallace and Hannah Feldman of UC Berkeley School of Law. In this episode we discuss the need to implement debt free justice in Arkansas specifically in the juvenile justice system. Rachel and Hannah educated us on how juvenile courts charge fines and fees to children and their families, who desperately need relief from these harmful and costly practices.  This discussion is a part of a national movement for fee abolition and the promise of debt-free justice for young people and their families. Learn more about the bill introduced during Arkansas legislative session and how we as a community can support those efforts.