TIME National Political Correspondent Molly Ball had a conversation with longtime political writer Craig Gilbert to kick off the Spring 2022 Democracy in Crisis series at U of M’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. The 2020 election, conducted in the shadow of an unprecedented pandemic and a president determined to sabotage the vote, laid bare how fragile America’s democratic institutions are. What did we learn from the weaknesses 2020 exposed? What efforts are underway to sabotage—and protect—the next national election? And how can we strengthen democracy going forward?
