by Tanner Hines | Apr 28, 2022 | University of Georgia
Voter suppression is one of the most pressing issues facing American democracy today. Many scholars worry we are living through a second coming of Jim Crow as across the nation elected officials are making it harder for people to cast their vote, particularly people...
by Thomas Charyton | Apr 26, 2022 | University of Georgia
By Thomas Charyton A democracy can only really work if people believe in it. The nation’s faith in its institutions had not faced a threat quite like that which was the Trump presidency. Using several specific propaganda techniques, President Trump repeatedly attacked...
by Thomas Charyton | Mar 16, 2022 | University of Georgia
Voting has been considered a sacred practice for centuries. As one of the main pillars of a democratic society, perhaps the best way to do this in a democratic system is to vote in elections. And yet, so many Americans do not vote despite being eligible and directly...
by Tanner Hines | Mar 14, 2022 | University of Georgia
We’ve all seen it – fake social media accounts blasting blatant disinformation and propaganda. Your uncle Bill retweets them and your cousin Sally shares their links on Facebook, but they don’t know any better, right? Surely you, a savvy consumer of social media, can...
by Madison Mandell | Mar 14, 2022 | Brown University
Violent threats against election officials in the U.S. were at an all-time high during and following the 2020 election cycle — elected officials are leaving their jobs in what has been described as a “mass exodus” because of such threats. This has precipitated a...
