In this conversation, I talk with Maya Kornberg about her book Stuck: How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress.
This is not just another conversation about politics. It is about why Congress often cannot do the work we expect it to do. Maya explains how money, social media, political violence, weak staffing, and years of institutional neglect have left Congress less able to serve the country.
If we care about democracy, we have to care about whether Congress can function.
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Maya Kornberg is a senior research fellow at the NYU Law's Brennan Center for Justice. She is the author of Inside Congressional Committees: Function and Dysfunction in the Legislative Process.