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Kamila Valieva uncharacteristically faltered, tumbling to fourth place in the women’s figure skating event she was expected to win. Mikaela Shiffrin is disqualified, again, after missing a gate in the combined event. ....
INDIA New England News By Liz Mineo A Q&A with Jane Mansbridge In this new series, the Gazette asks Harvard experts for concrete solutions to complex problems. Jane Mansbridge, Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values Emerita at the Harvard Kennedy School, is the author of “Beyond Adversary Democracy.” Her current work revolves around representation, democratic deliberation, and everyday activism. GAZETTE: How might we get citizens who are so polarized to listen to one another? MANSBRIDGE: One proven practice is the technique of citizens’ assemblies or deliberative polls. These are groups of citizens drawn randomly, through a democratic lottery, from a particular population. It could be an entire country, a state, a city, or even a neighborhood, from which you bring together a group of citizens to talk about an issue that is of concern to their community. For this technique to be successful, the group has to be ra ....