Democracy Paradox
Democracy Paradox
Justin Kempf
Suzanne Mettler Says the Rural-Urban Divide Threatens American Democracy
48 minutes Posted Aug 19, 2026 at 6:00 am.
Introduction
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The NAFTA Betrayal Democrats Never Escaped
Why Are You Kowtowing to These Elites?
Power Without Prosperity
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We barely disagree with each other, but we can't stand one another's party. Suzanne Mettler Suzanne Mettler is the John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions at Cornell University. She is the coauthor of Four Threats with Robert Lieberman and Rural Versus Urban: The Growing Divide that Threatens Democracy coauthored with Trevor Brown. The Democracy Paradox is made in partnership with the Kellogg Institute of the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Not...