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A hand-colored engraving of The United States Senate, A.D. 1850
A hand-colored engraving of The United States Senate, A.D. 1850
The United States Senate, A.D. 1850

Similar to most people currently in their 20s, I came of age during a period of instability: the worst economy since the Great Depression, mass protests, riots, and ultimately, the violent storming of the US Capitol. In line with most of Gen-Z / Millennials, it’s become my mission to change our social and political systems to help our country fulfill its founding idealism. To make substantive progress, through legislative or social change, the first step would be to abolish the Senate filibuster.

Unlike common belief, the filibuster was not part of the original design of the Senate. It was, by…

Nicholas Levi

Urban Planning, Political Organizing, and Effective Governing

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