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The Democracy: A Journal of Ideas internship is a highly selective program for a small number of the most talented, progressive college writers, editors, and thinkers in America.

While demanding and time intensive, it is geared toward giving college students a link into future careers in the world of progressive ideas. Interns will assist in administrative tasks as well as learn about all the parts of putting a journal together from article selection to copyediting and fact-checking. They should be interested in deepening their exposure to a wide range of policy issues and interacting with some of the most cutting-edge progressive thinkers across a variety of fields.

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Democracy Podcast: Joseph Nye on Presidential Leadership

Event: To best confront the challenges of the twenty-first century, what kind of leader should the next president be? Harvard's Joe Nye has an answer, and he shared it in a recent Democracy podcast.

Obama and the “Vision Thing”

News: Kenneth Baer recently appeared on the radio show “To the Point” to discuss Barack Obama’s vision for America.

Democracy Editor Discusses Financial Crisis

News: Democracy editor Kenneth Baer recently appeared on Russia Today to discuss the ongoing financial crisis.

Democracy and Discontent

Thomas Carothers: With democracy on the run and American power in question, what's the future of democracy promotion?

Persian Politicking

Abbas Milani: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is not just a buffoonish figurehead, but part of a larger power struggle within Iran. We dismiss him at our peril.

Squeezed from the Bottom

David Callahan: With economic pain rising from the working class to the middle class, the public may be ready for fundamental reform.

Staffing Up

Karen Hult: Why it matters whom the president hires.

Left Out

Nick Cohen: What the downfall of the European Left can teach American liberals.

Water's Edge

Andrei Cherny: It's time to acknowledge that foreign policy is fair game in presidential politics.

Mad Men

Walter Shapiro: Is the golden age of political consulting over?

Save Kyoto

Oliver Tickell: Stopping climate change will take more than clean-energy investment. We should start by reforming Kyoto, not scrapping it. A response to Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus.

Back to School

Theda Skocpol and Suzanne Mettler: To assure higher-education access for all, we need more than just elite handouts for the lucky few.

Picking a President

Joseph Nye, Jr.: The nature of leadership has changed profoundly in this global era. Business knows it. The military knows it. America needs its next president to know it, too.

The Next American System

Michael Lind: To thrive in a twenty-first century economy, America needs a new physical and financial infrastructure.

America 101

Eric Lane: How we let civic education slide—and why we need a crash course in the Constitution today.

Democrats' Quest for the "Big Idea"

News: At the 2008 Democratic National Convention, Democrats rallied around Barack Obama. The Christian Science Monitor says that Democrats may soon also rally around the ideas found in Democracy.

Democracy Highly Recommended By Library Journal

News: The influential Library Journal, which helps librarians around the country decide what to include in their shelves, has "highly recommended" Democracy.

Andrei Cherny Speaks at Netroots Nation

News: At this summer's Netroots Nation conference, Democracy co-editor Andrei Cherny and NDN founder Simon Rosenberg discussed what role in the world America should play after George Bush’s presidency.