Tag: Democracy
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...
When should you unfriend someone on Facebook?
Alexis Elder, University of Minnesota Duluth
The nature and ethics of “fake news” has become a subject of widespread concern. But, for many of us,...
Stop criticizing bizarrely shaped voting districts. They might not be gerrymandered...
Dustin G. Mixon, The Ohio State University
How can you tell if a voting district has been gerrymandered?
Every 10 years, the U.S. Census informs lawmakers...
Ancient Greek wisdom for today’s leadership crisis
Emily Anhalt, Sarah Lawrence College
What makes a good leader?
This question confronts us at every election and with every domestic and international policy decision. As...
Imagining Russia post-Putin
Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University
On July 21, Vladimir Putin was asked at an audience with schoolchildren what he will do when he retires. He replied,...
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....
