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Policy & Democracy
Critical dispatches and systemic analysis from the frontlines of political, social, and ecological change.
September 15
September 13
Why Progressive Campaigns Must Abandon Personal Attacks Against Pauline Hanson
September 12
How Constitutional Amendments Are Being Used to Roll Back Equity Initiatives
September 8
Beyond Inclusion: Why Africa’s Economic Future Demands a Radical Power Shift
Policy & Democracy
Universal Healthcare by Country: Lessons from Taiwan
Taiwan moved from a health system in which 41% of the population lacked insurance to one covering 99.9% of citizens and eligible residents. It did not need…
Harrison Lockwood·18 min read
September 6
Beyond the Rhetoric: Who Really Benefits from Criminal Justice Reform?
September 2
Policy & Democracy
Universal Healthcare in the US: What the Real Cost Taught Me
The most politically useful number in the American healthcare debate is also one of the most routinely abused: $32.6 trillion.
Harrison Lockwood·18 min read
August 29
Jakarta Protesters Demand Immediate Asset Seizure Laws Amid Corruption Crisis
August 28
The Hidden Human Cost of California’s Post-Fire Recovery Efforts
August 26
How India’s Green Mission Masks Industrial Deforestation Behind Statistical Manipulation
August 21
Defending Democratic Integrity Against Systematic Voter Suppression
Policy & Democracy
Campaign finance reform is the only way to save democracy
In the 2024 election cycle, one hundred billionaires wrote checks totaling $2.6 billion — nearly a fifth of all campaign spending in the United States. That…
Harrison Lockwood·11 min read
August 17
Richard Tice Faces Backlash Over Climate Misinformation Amid Record Heatwave Deaths
August 15
Mapping California’s 2026 Congressional Districts and Political Power
August 13
The Systematic Erasure of Afghan Women: Five Years of Taliban Rule
August 12
Francesca Hong Endorses David Crowley Following Contentious Wisconsin Primary
Peggy Flanagan Secures Decisive Minnesota Senate Primary Victory for Progressives
August 9
Missouri Voters Defeat GOP Attempt to Restrict Citizen-Led Ballot Initiatives
August 8
Delaware Enacts John Lewis Voting Rights Act to Secure Ballot Access
August 4
How Midwest Democratic primaries are reshaping progressive politics and donor influence
Why Climate Activists Are Challenging Democrats Over Strategic Silence
August 3
How ICE Used Secret Court Orders to Force-Feed Hunger Strikers in Detention
August 2
Missouri Voters to Decide on Toughest Ballot Initiative Rules in the US
August 1
Policy & Democracy
Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act: The Rise of Dark Money
The Brennan Center’s conservative estimate puts dark money in the 2024 federal races at $1.9 billion. That is not a footnote to American democracy.
Harrison Lockwood·14 min read
July 30
NSW Shifts Mental Health Crisis Response from Police to Specialist Medical Teams
July 29
Policy & Democracy
Universal healthcare cost estimates: my policy research lessons
In December 2014, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin stood before a joint session of the state legislature and ended the most ambitious state healthcare reform…
Harrison Lockwood·14 min read
July 24
Policy & Democracy
Single payer universal healthcare: my campaign takeaways
On April 29, 2025, two pieces of paper landed in the congressional hopper. H.R. 3069, introduced in the House by Rep. Pramila Jayapal. S. 1506, introduced in…
Harrison Lockwood·8 min read
July 23
Policy & Democracy
Countries with universal healthcare: Costa Rica's lesson
Costa Rica spends $1,935 per person on healthcare. That is the entire annual health budget — per capita, in purchasing-power parity dollars — for a country…
Harrison Lockwood·10 min read
July 18
Policy & Democracy
What is universal healthcare? My lessons from a crisis abroad
The headline metric is deceptively clean: 4.6 billion people still cannot access essential health services. Behind that number sits a quieter catastrophe — 2.1…
Harrison Lockwood·12 min read
July 15
Policy & Democracy
Progressive politics: my definition of its real meaning
The cleanest definition of progressive politics is not “left of center,” not “nice liberalism,” and not a rotating menu of slogans printed on campaign mailers.
Harrison Lockwood·14 min read
July 12
Policy & Democracy
Progressive politics: why local action matters most
Over 1,500 cities now practice some form of participatory budgeting. That figure is not a slogan or a feel-good metric buried in a nonprofit annual report.
Harrison Lockwood·12 min read
July 7
Policy & Democracy
Universal healthcare act: a hidden corporate bailout?
The health care industry spent more than $380 million on lobbying in 2023. That number should sit at the center of every debate about a universal healthcare…
Harrison Lockwood·14 min read
July 1
Policy & Democracy
Verify mail-in ballot status using state tracking portals
Every two years, hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots land in rejection piles across this country. In the 2020 general election, the U.S.
Harrison Lockwood·12 min read
June 29
Policy & Democracy
Audit judicial campaign donations using state disclosure portals
In the 2021–2022 election cycle, spending on state supreme court races hit roughly $97 million nationwide — a figure that shatters any remaining illusion about…
Harrison Lockwood·13 min read
June 28
Policy & Democracy
Track city council lobbyists by filing a local FOIA request
The federal Freedom of Information Act does not apply to your city council. Not one clause. Not one line. The statute that most citizens reach for first when…
Harrison Lockwood·10 min read
June 26
Policy & Democracy
Compare PAC donor lists to refuse corporate-backed candidates
Every election cycle, a fresh wave of candidates stamps "No Corporate PAC Money" across their fundraising emails like a badge of moral clarity. Over 170…
Harrison Lockwood·11 min read
June 17
Policy & Democracy
Track dark money in your state's judicial elections
In high-profile state supreme court races across the United States, spending by outside groups funded by anonymous donors now regularly outpaces the campaign…
Harrison Lockwood·7 min read