Tag: Democracy
Craigslist turns 25 – a reminder that a more democratic version...
Jessa Lingel, University of Pennsylvania
Fake news. Online surveillance. Phishing scams. Biased algorithms.
It’s easy to be cynical about the internet, and harder to remember a...
The 25th Amendment wouldn’t work to dump Trump
Erik M. Jensen, Case Western Reserve University
Here’s some advice for frustrated impeachment advocates who think there might be other ways to force Donald Trump...
Teaching hope during the 2020 campaign season
Sarah Stitzlein, University of Cincinnati
The 2020 presidential election campaign has already started.
Election campaigns inspire hope, but they can also quickly lead to political...
#MeToo, workplace equality and the ‘wave of women’: 3 essential reads
Bryan Keogh, The Conversation and Nicole Zelniker, The Conversation
Editor’s note: As we come to the end of the year, Conversation editors take a look...
Your deeply held beliefs may just be wrong – 5 essential...
Naomi Schalit, The Conversation
Editor’s note: As we come to the end of the year, Conversation editors take a look back at the stories that...
How Australia can help the US make democracy harder to hack
Scott Shackelford, Indiana University and Matthew Sussex, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
In the drumbeat of reports about Russian attempts to undermine...
What exactly is the point of the border?
Michael Blake, University of Washington
The past few weeks have seen widespread outrage over the Trump administration’s now-defunct policy of separating migrant families at the...
It’s a turbulent world. Stop stressing and adapt
Alasdair S. Roberts, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The American people have been roughed up over the last decade. A sense of vulnerability and danger tinges...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
