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Breaking the Deadlock: How to Fix an Election — Open

Season 2026 Episode 3 | 56s

In BREAKING the DEADLOCK: How to Fix an Election, moderator Aaron Tang leads nine panelists through a dramatic hypothetical scenario around election issues and civic integrity, against the backdrop of America’s 250th anniversary.

Funding for this program was provided in part by grants from The Rosalind P. Walter Foundation and by a grant from Anne Ray Foundation and by contributions from viewers like you. Thank you. Location furnished by The New York Historical.
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