The Emmy®-nominated series Breaking the Deadlock returns with a new episode, How to Fix an Election, on July 7 at 8 pm on Nine PBS and livestream.
On the panel in this episode are two Missouri natives. Claire McCaskill, former U.S. Senator from Missouri (pictured above with former governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie), and Brittany Packnett Cunningham, a St. Louis native and prominent social justice activist who rose to national prominence as a key leader and organizer in the 2014 Ferguson protests.
Unknown to the panelists in advance, the scenario they are about to discuss involves city, state, and national leaders first tackling an infrastructure threat that expands to include an upcoming election, questions of voting rights, and national security. Will America’s core principles, like the power of the vote and freedom of speech and protest, withstand this theoretical stress test?
Participants also discuss their vision for America’s next 250 years, aiming to find common ground through civil discourse.
Other panelists include Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Mark Cuban, entrepreneur and cofounder, Cost Plus Drugs, Dr. Mark T. Esper, former U.S. Secretary of Defense, Deidre M. Henderson, Lieutenant Governor of Utah, Melissa Murray, professor of law, and Aaron Parnas, journalist.
In this series, designed to encourage civil dialogue, moderator Aaron Tang, professor of law, leads the panelists, all prominent voices with political and cultural differences, through a hypothetical situation that draws on American civics and constitutional values. The series is streaming on ninepbs.org, PBS’s YouTube channel, and the PBS app after the premiere.
Contributed by Lynanne Feilen, communications manager
