260 - The Intersection Between the Crisis of Democracy and the COVID Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a stress test for democracy, exposing fault lines that already existed. So, where do we go from here? Dr. Hahrie Han, inaugural director of the SNF Agora Institute and Hopkins political science professor, talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about what it means for democracy to be in crisis, the parallels of this moment to a century ago, why the pandemic became politically polarizing in some countries but not others, and what we can learn from history and evangelical megachurches to help us address these challenges going forward. KEYWORDS: policy; pandemic response