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Jonathan Backer

Research Associate, Brennan Center for Justice

Jonathan Backer joined the Brennan Center in August 2011 as a Research Associate in the Democracy Program where he focuses on money in politics. Prior to joining the Brennan Center, Mr. Backer worked for the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism as an Eisendrath Legislative Assistant, serving as an advocate for the Reform Jewish Movement's economic justice, separation of church and state, and voting and elections policy. Mr. Backer graduated summa cum laude from Columbia University in 2010 with a degree in Political Science and History.

July 8, 2013

Why Big Money Still Won in 2012
May 5, 2013

Aggregate Contribution Limits Promote Electoral Competition
May 1, 2013

Performance Incentive Funding Can End Juvenile Mass Incarceration, Too
March 31, 2013

Filibluster: Senate Rules Deal Yields Good and Bad News

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February 10, 2013

Defrosting the Senate
January 15, 2013

California's Death Penalty Vote: It's Time to Reconsider "Justice"
January 9, 2013

The Freshman Filibuster Reformers
December 12, 2012

Education and Incarceration: Beyond 'Affirmative Action'
December 10, 2012

UT Austin Must Become a Symbol of Racial Justice
November 21, 2012

Out of Sight, Out of Mind, Out of Touch
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