We are watching a war on democracy being waged right in front of our eyes - has it already died? This week on Outspoken with Joy Silver, Joy speaks with Paula Setser-Kissick, a candidate for the Kentucky  State Senate, to find out what is happening there. Priya Vedula-Engel, second year medical student and public health policy specialist talks about voting as an issue of public health.

Carlos Garcia co-chair of a Palm Desert neighborhood organization called Drive4Five talks with Joy about what he and others are doing to gain a more democratic City Council in that mid-Valley city.