Your Democracy Archive

In the final episode of this audio series, Gloria J. Browne-Marshall examines if the U.S. Constitution has met the needs of the nation at a time when democracy was at stake.

What if we talked about Black voters the way we discuss their white counterparts, using nuance and specificity?

FRONTLINE investigates whose vote counts — and whose might not.

And She Could Be Next follows a defiant movement of women of color as they transform politics from the ground up.

The violent insurrection on the U.S. Capitol exposed the two Americas that have existed in this country since before the Civil War.

In this episode of Your Democracy, we explore the history and legal limitations of protest.

Gloria describes the often-mysterious process of certifying votes for the U.S. Presidential election.   

What are the checks and balances of pardon power and how will it be used or abused by our current president?  

What is actually in the Constitution about the transition of power? What laws, if any, are the President and President-elect bound to abide by in the process? 

Black Americans have fought for the democratic right to vote and the centuries-long voter oppression they continue to face.

In this audio essay series, host and constitutional lawyer Gloria J. Browne-Marshall breaks down different parts of the Constitution and examines its role in 21st century.