by Frances Fields | Oct 13, 2021 | University of Georgia
While there is hope for America’s future as a democracy, there are serious democratic backsliding issues at the present moment. Increased polarization is widely accepted as a pre-cursor to this backsliding. Polarization can have a large variety of causes, but in...
by Jonathan T | Apr 19, 2021 | Rollins College
Independent, public broadcasters are important in democracies because they are meant to provide unbiased information to the public and to keep the government in check. When Slovenia gave Radio Television of Slovenia (RTV-SLO) its independence in 1991 after years of...
by Patrick H | Mar 8, 2021 | Rollins College
This is a blog post in response to the article by Sarah Penkava titled “The Aftermath of a Populist Leader in a Democracy”, published on the 3rd of December, 2020. She discusses the massive impacts that Donald J. Trump’s presidency has had on the country and the...
by Patrick Connor | Dec 10, 2020 | Brown University
Spread over six floors, thousands of employees stare at their computer screens scanning Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube in the middle of a traffic-clogged city. This is a content moderation center, contracted by many major internet companies to remove...
by Bernal Cortés | Dec 9, 2020 | Williams College
A grandfather, estranged from his family and relatives, unable to visit his grandchildren because their parents worry about his growing vitriol. A daughter who rarely visits home any longer, save for the holidays, and even then must suffer through tortuous meals where...
