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Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy

@PennMitchellCtr

The Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy @Penn, which seeks to both understand and promote democracy, hosts a wide array of events each year.
Philadelphia sas.upenn.edu/andrea-mitchel… Joined September 2020
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Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy @PennMitchellCtr
We welcome BENJAMIN SOVACOOL, who will speak with Penn's SANYA CARLEY on a just energy transition for the Climate & Democracy Series. October 19, 4:30 pm, in person and online: please register below. cad-energy-justice.eventbrite.com
www.eventbrite.com Energy Justice in a Climate-Changing World (Climate & Democracy) A discussion with BENJAMIN SOVACOOL (Boston University), moderated by SANYA CARLEY (Penn Kleinman Center for Energy Policy).
Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy @PennMitchellCtr
"All this points to a very specific challenge that policymakers must confront: How to reduce deaths from cardiovascular disease (and also cancer) among the poorest, least-educated Americans." vox.com/future-perfect…
www.vox.com What a striking new study of death in America misses The big divide on premature death isn’t between college grads and non-grads. It’s between high school dropouts and everyone else.
Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy @PennMitchellCtr
"National polls show that the people who are most concerned about climate change are people just like these kids, who live in neighborhoods that bear disproportionate pollution from burning and transporting fossil fuels." npr.org/2023/10/04/119…
www.npr.org Student activists are pushing back against big polluters — and winning : Code Switch South Baltimore has some of the most polluted air in the country. Local teenagers are fighting polluters back, and slowly building toward climate justice.
Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy @PennMitchellCtr
"The Supreme Court's action served as a reminder that the Voting Rights Act, once viewed by the court's conservatives as no longer necessary, continues to provide a limited but crucial guardrail against deliberate dilution of black voting strength." npr.org/2023/09/26/120…
www.npr.org Supreme Court rejects Alabama's defiance in voting case In June, the court ruled that Alabama's Republican-drawn congressional map violated the Voting Rights Act.