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Democracy will review either unsolicited manuscripts or detailed proposals for articles which summarize the intended topic and argument. We are strenuously non-partisan, and we are not interested in discussions of political positioning or electoral strategies for any party. Instead, we seek articles that explain how the world works or how it should work and that offer new ideas and new solutions to contemporary issues from across the progressive spectrum. We look for pieces that are willing to confront big questions and boldly step outside the bounds of conventional wisdom. Articles should be carefully researched and firmly grounded in hard data and deep thinking. For more on Democracy's mission statement, click here.

Submissions can be sent to dajoi@democracyjournal.org.

Feature articles typically run 4,000 to 6,000 words. Democracy does not accept unsolicited book reviews.

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.