How To Save American Democracy

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Christiane examines how democracy is built, and how it’s preserved when under threat, with historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Timothy Snyder … What South Africa and Colombia can teach us about restorative justice and building a new democracy … Loretta J. Ross, a visiting professor at Smith College whose teaching focuses on white supremacy in the age of Trump, on whether January 6 provides an opportunity for reflection and healing. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:37.0	I will stand in this breach. I will defend this nation.
0:42.0	I will allow no one to place a dagger at the throat of democracy.
0:47.0	Our special edition on Democracy, a year since the storming of the U.S. Capitol January 6th. I asked Pulitzer Prize winning historian
0:55.9	Doris Kearns Goodwin and Yale's expert on autocracy Timothy Snyder about how to save American democracy.
1:04.0	What South Africa and Colombia can teach us about restorative justice and building a new democracy,
1:10.0	South African analyst Eusebius MacIsaa and Colombia's lead peace negotiator
1:15.6	Sergio Harameo join me. Plus evil people, evil systems don't last forever. They bite the dust. We look back at my
1:27.3	conversations with two central figures in South Africa's political journey, the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu,
1:34.7	and the late President F. W. declerk. Also, Professor Loretta J. Ross tells Michelle Martin
1:41.4	what restorative justice could achieve for America. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in London. This week
2:02.3	Democracy in Focus certainly is the top of
2:05.3	President Biden's agenda and tonight is the top of ours too. How do we build
2:10.5	democracy and how do we preserve it when it's under threat. In the years
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