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The Democracy Project: Reversing a crisis of confidence
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The Democracy Project: Reversing a crisis of confidence

The Penn Biden Center, Freedom House, and the George W. Bush Institute reveal the findings of a national survey about democracy at home and abroad, which cites a crisis of public confidence in the functioning of U.S. democracy.

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Trump and Truth: Why the Media Are Losing the Battle

Trump and Truth: Why the Media Are Losing the Battle

Discussing President Trump’s sudden shift in position on family separations, Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg School for Communication said, “this becomes a test case of whether a Trump audience is capable of seeing a reality in the face of repeated exposure to an unreality … The answer may be no–in which case, we are in a fundamentally different world.”

Examining the roots of racial discrimination
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Examining the roots of racial discrimination

In his book ‘The Spectre of Race,’ Michael Hanchard explores xenophobia, racism, marginalization, and exclusionary policies dating back to ancient Greece.
Left Economy, Right Economy

Left Economy, Right Economy

The School of Arts and Sciences’ Matt Levendusky contextualized the results of political surveys, explaining that “people know they are cheerleading,” giving answers that signal which side they’re on, and not just what they actually think about the topic.