At the end of last month the Biden administration unveiled a new “Disinformation Board” within the Department of Homeland Security, aimed at attacking online “disinformation” as a national security …
The Patriotic Bill: A Fundamentally Unpatriotic and Antidemocratic Tool to Promote Authoritarian Control in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s ruling party since the 1980s, The Zimbabwe African National Union — Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF)’s, appeals to democracy and national interest in regard to their proposed Patriotic Bill should …
Fear and Loathing in Tucker Carlson Tonight: How the Fox News Host Builds on the Emotions of the American Right
The rise of former U.S. President Donald Trump spawned a veritable cottage industry of books purported to offer confused Trump opponents insight into what his supporters were thinking. The New York …
Producing the Monopoly of Violence: Police Unions and Democracy
Unions are designed to create power, using a variety of tools that can only be achieved with collective action: the threat of strikes, lawsuits, bad press, boycotts, etc. Police unions function …
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Voting with the Head or the Heart? Empathy as a Tool to Promote Discourse
American politics has entered what is likely the most polarized era in its history (1). According to Pew Research’s studies, about 85% of Americans feel that in recent times, political discourse in …
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New Problems Call for New Solutions: A Case for Democratizing Big Tech
In a previous article, I examined the effects of changes to Facebook’s News Feed algorithm to prioritize “Meaningful Social Interactions” (MSI), drawing broad conclusions about both the potential and …
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Constitutional Mayhem: Democratic Erosion at Brown University
When one thinks of democratic institutions and voting procedures it is often within the context of national and local governance. In other words, the societal apparatuses in place that allow citizens …
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Armenian Genocide Denial: A Symptom of Democratic Erosion
In April 2021, President Biden became the first U.S. President to refer to the systematic killing of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as a genocide, after years of Armenian Americans, …
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