Deval Patrick

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America can still demonstrate that an inclusive democracy based on civic ideals is possible, writes former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. But it won't happen without accountability for Trump and his enablers, and fixing the flaws in our system that mak

The Greatest Threat To Our Democracy Is Inaction

While last week’s storming of the Capitol may have been the first in more than 150 years, the assault on our democracy has been ongoing. And Republicans have been leading it.

[W]ithout democracy reform the many other worthy policy objectives of the new administration  ...  will be up for grabs.

An American flag flies at a makeshift memorial for U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick on January 9, 2021. Sicknick was fatally injured when a pro-Trump mob stormed and entered the Capitol Building. (Al Drago/Getty Images)

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In our current system, what is your incentive to connect with voters beyond your base, to build coalitions or bridge divides? There is none. 

Ranked-choice voting would help to dismantle the duopoly and hyperpartisanship that has soured our politics for too long.

Govs. Weld And Patrick: This Is Why We Support Ranked-Choice Voting

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I pray that as we protest we show the strength of controlled resolve, and channel our rage into the ballot box, writes former Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick. And that America stops kicking down our doors and allows us to be truly free.



Deval Patrick: 'Policing In America Has To Change For Peace In America To Exist'

You can’t do ordinary things and live an ordinary life. Not if you’re Black in America.

I pray that as we protest we show the strength of controlled resolve ... until America stops kicking down our doors and allows us be truly free.

Activist Tamika Mallory marches with a child during a demonstration on September 23, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky. Protesters marched in the streets in response to Attorney General Daniel Camerons handling of the Breonna Taylor case and the grand jury verdict indicting one of three officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor, who was fatally shot by Louisville Metro Police officers at her apartment on March 13, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

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Congressman Lewis showed us how to push America closer to her ideals, writes Governor Deval Patrick. As a fellow civil rights warrior, as a Black man, and as an American, I feel enormously grateful for that.

'A Clear Example Of How To Behave': Deval Patrick Remembers John Lewis

We knew that we got to sit in that hearing room because he sat at lunch counters and on Greyhound buses.

That’s the kind of impact John Lewis had on people, on me.

Congressman John Lewis, right, hugs former Governor Deval Patrick during the Hutchins Center Honors W.E.B. Du Bois Medal Ceremony in Cambridge, Mass. on September 30, 2014. (Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)