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Andrew Yang's case for a new voting system: "Take it from a guy who lost a ranked-choice election"

Andrew Yang wants to see ranked-choice voting across the country. On "Salon Talks," the former presidential and NYC mayoral candidate explains why this approach to voting discourages negative campaigning and encourages coalition-building among candid...

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Members of Congress, journalists and analysts share their takes on Washington

Andrew Yang on why our politicians and two-party system "fail us"
1:43

Andrew Yang on why our politicians and two-party sy ...
Andrew Yang makes his pitch for reforming with his Forward party
23:23

Andrew Yang makes his pitch for reforming with his ...
How Republicans became an ethnonationalist party run by an authoritarian
2:08

How Republicans became an ethnonationalist party ru ...
Can a two-party coalition save our democracy?
1:57

Can a two-party coalition save our democracy?
"There is no easy out": Why America's deep political divide will continue for 20 years
25:07

"There is no easy out": Why America's deep politica ...
A scientist's approach, big and small, to fighting climate change
2:21

A scientist's approach, big and small, to fighting ...
Climate scientist explains why extreme weather is becoming catastrophic: "It's a threat multiplier"
3:11

Climate scientist explains why extreme weather is b ...
How this scientist approaches the climate crisis in a politically divided world
29:34

How this scientist approaches the climate crisis in ...
This scientist knows how to get climate change skeptics to care about the environment
2:26

This scientist knows how to get climate change skep ...
Tarana Burke of Me Too hopes the Texas abortion ban will spark organizing
:00

Tarana Burke of Me Too hopes the Texas abortion ban ...
Mary Trump warns that her uncle Donald is still empowered
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Mary Trump warns that her uncle Donald is still em ...
Mary Trump to Democrats: Stop legitimizing Donald Trump
:00

Mary Trump to Democrats: Stop legitimizing Donald Trump
Mary Trump wants to heal us from the trauma caused by her uncle Donald
24:46

Mary Trump wants to heal us from the trauma caused ...
Ben Rhodes on what led to Trump and the current Republican Party
3:41

Ben Rhodes on what led to Trump and the current Rep ...
Ben Rhodes writes about why democracy is threatened around the world in After the Fall
26:23

Ben Rhodes writes about why democracy is threatened ...
Carol Anderson breaks down the history and anti-Blackness of the Second Amendment
28:10

Carol Anderson breaks down the history and anti-Bla ...
Carol Anderson discusses why the Second Amendment is not about guns
2:39

Carol Anderson discusses why the Second Amendment i ...
Chris Matthews has a political insider take on This Country
2:50

Chris Matthews has a political insider take on This ...
Chris Matthews on the past, present, and hope for the future of This Country
22:08

Chris Matthews on the past, present, and hope for t ...
Senator Mazie Hirono's "Heart of Fire" comes from her mother
22:08

Senator Mazie Hirono's "Heart of Fire" comes from h ...

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