
Deval Patrick
Cognoscenti contributor
Deval Patrick is the former governor of Massachusetts.
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The Greatest Threat To Our Democracy Is Inaction
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...

Govs. Weld And Patrick: This Is Why We Support Ranked-Choice Voting
Ranked-choice voting -- Question 2 on the Mass. ballot -- would help to dismantle the hyperpartisanship that has soured our politics for too long, write former Mass. Govs. Bill Weld...

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

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