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posted on by Lena W
Only 4 days after Election Day, with Joe Biden as the projected winner, Trump supporters took to the streets and social media in opposition. Despite Bidens’ win, Trump and his supporters have left …
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posted on by Brian B
After President Joe Biden called for a Global Democracy Summit, other nations questioned the United States’ authority as a guide for democracy given its broken state. The United States and other …
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posted on by Nicole B
Rollins College Tagged With: covid, COVID-19, democracy, democratic backsliding, Democratic Erosion, democratic norms, human rights, media censorship, pandemic, vote rigging
For just over a year the world has been swept up in a pandemic. This pandemic has affected nearly every person on Earth in some way or another. According to the Economist in The Pandemic has Eroded …
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posted on by Myanne J
Rollins College Tagged With: social media, United States, United States democracy
Thomas B. Edsall examines the extent to which social media platforms have contributed to democratic backsliding in the United States in his article, "Democracy Is Weakening Right in Front of Us". …
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posted on by Ferah_S
In a NY Times Op-ed, Edsall warns that democracy is weakening right in front of our eyes, and more specifically, right on our screens. The age of techno-pessimism is here and here to be heard. Drawing …
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posted on by Saundra H
United States foreign policy is a crucial point of debate for many politicians. President Joe Biden’s approach to international relations heavily contradicts former president Donald Trump’s, much to …
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