Tag: Democracy
Populism erupts when people feel disconnected and disrespected
Noam Gidron, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Peter A. Hall, Harvard University
American society is riven down the middle. In the 2020 presidential election, 81...
Faked videos shore up false beliefs about Biden’s mental health
Dustin Carnahan, Michigan State University
From Ronald Reagan in 1984 to Bob Dole in 1996 and even Hillary Clinton in 2016, candidate health has become...
Who formally declares the winner of the U.S. presidential election?
Amy Dacey, American University
With the U.S. presidential election rapidly approaching at a time of extraordinary political and social disruption, the possibility of an unclear...
The two-party system is here to stay
Alexander Cohen, Clarkson University
The American two-party system has long been besieged. Many of the founders feared that organizing people along ideological lines would be...
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...
EXPLORING NATURE
From ancient texts to modern practices, Daoism provides a profound framework...
Michael Naparstek, University of Tennessee
Daoism, China’s indigenous religion, is one of the country’s five officially recognized religions today....
