The Similitude

Sortition Can Help Cure What Ails Our Democracy

Americans are frustrated with our increasingly oligarchic political system. Empowering citizen juries, selected through random lotteries, to make laws…

Published on Democracy Creative • Dec 19, 2025

September 2025

What is Democracy? And What is It Not?

Sortition is fundamental

Published on The Democratic Constitution Blog • Sep 15, 2025

August 2025

[U]SA Ep. 2 (Part 2/2): Nick Coccoma from Assemble America

I sat down with Nick Coccoma for a part 2!

Published on [Undetermined] States of America • Aug 8, 2025

1:32:11

July 2025

[U]SA Ep. 2: Nick Coccoma from Assemble America (Part 1.)

I interview Nick Coccoma, founder and Executive Director of Assemble America

Published on [Undetermined] States of America • Jul 18, 2025

2:36:19

June 2025

The Great Renovation

How Citizens’ Assemblies Can Rebuild the House of American Democracy—Before It’s Demolished

Published on Assemble America • Jun 13, 2025

April 2025

Why Greece Was Great

And How America Could Be Too

Published on Assemble America • Apr 26, 2025

Democracy by Assembly

America's Last, Best Hope

Published on Assemble America • Apr 18, 2025

December 2024

Vision for Reconstructing U.S. Democracy with Nick Coccoma

Revolutionary Optimism Podcast

Published on Dr. Paul Zeitz’s Substack • Dec 6, 2024

November 2024

This Is What Democracy Looks Like

My Trip to a Civic Assembly

Nov 29, 2024 • Nick Coccoma

1

1

August 2024

The Case for a National People’s Convention

Moral, Legal, and Practical Imperatives to Restore Our Republic

Published on Dr. Paul Zeitz’s Substack • Aug 30, 2024

Opening the People’s House

A New Vision for Executive Leadership in the United States

Published on Dr. Paul Zeitz’s Substack • Aug 23, 2024

Reimagining a People’s Court

A People's-led Playbook for Constitutional Review

Published on Dr. Paul Zeitz’s Substack • Aug 16, 2024