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More Federal Coordination Needed to Tackle U.S. Domestic Extremism

Where states and localities cannot uphold the sanctity of elections and accountability for threats, the federal government needs to clearly show the public that it will uphold the rule of law.

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By Rachel Kleinfeld
Published on Jan 24, 2022
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The Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program is a leading source of independent policy research, writing, and outreach on global democracy, conflict, and governance. It analyzes and seeks to improve international efforts to reduce democratic backsliding, mitigate conflict and violence, overcome political polarization, promote gender equality, and advance pro-democratic uses of new technologies.

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Rachel Kleinfeld

Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program

Rachel Kleinfeld is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, where she focuses on issues of rule of law, security, and governance in democracies experiencing polarization, violence, and other governance problems.

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    Political Violence in the U.S.

      Political Violence Researchers, Rachel Kleinfeld, ed., Dalya Berkowitz, ed.

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    Civil Society Repression Internationally and Historically Within the United States

      Rachel Kleinfeld

Rachel Kleinfeld
Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
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Political ReformDemocracyNorth AmericaUnited States

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