Defending Democracy: Populism and Corruption

January 17, 2018 Nada Zohdy, Director – Open Gov Hub ***This post was originally published on the Open Gov Hub’s blog on January 16, 2018***   The second installment in the “Democracy Dialogues” series presented by the Open Gov Hub, Global Integrity, Sunlight Foundation, and Transparency International. Several countries throughout Europe – as well as…

Democracy Defenders in Dialogue: Launch Event

December 16, 2018 Nada Zohdy, Director – Open Gov Hub ***This blog was originally published on Open Gov Hub’s blog on December 15, 2018***   What might American democracy defenders learn from actors in other countries who have leveraged investigative journalism techniques and advocacy to combat grand corruption? The Open Gov Hub, Global Integrity, Sunlight Foundation, and Transparency International are…

Launching the “Defending Democracy: Lessons from Around the World” Program

***This blog was originally published on the Open Gov Hub blog 9/29/2017*** September 30, 2017 Nada Zohdy – Director, Open Gov Hub    Click here to view this one page program overview as a PDF American democratic values and norms are facing unprecedented threats, from deep polarization, to the erosion of public trust in institutions,…

Seeking Global Lessons For US Democracy

***This blog was originally published by OpenGov Hub July 26, 2017 *** Nada Zohdy, Manager, OpenGov Hub July 26, 2017 Some of the current challenges to American democracy are unprecedented, and require a collaborative and globally contextualized effort to fully understand risks and help prevent the erosion of foundational democratic norms and values. This is…