One of the brains behind the Black Lives Matter movement and Human rights activist Opal Tometi was invited by NYU for a webinar hosted by professors Pamela Newkirk and Deborah Wills on October 7, …
Social-Political Distance: Problematic Partisanship in Remote Campaigns
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated weaknesses present in democracies across the world. Freedom House reported that the condition of democracy and human rights has worsened in 80 countries, much of …
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President Erdogan and the Preeminence of AKP Rule Devastates Turkey’s Democracy
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has challenged Turkey's scant democracy, through exceptional use of oppression against journalism and democratic representation, extreme military hostilities …
The Zoom Campaign: Political Participation During COVID
The Presidency of Donald Trump has seen the soft guard rails of our democracy eroded. For the first time in recent memory, the protections that many thought were intertwined with American style …
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The Youth Vote, or Lack Thereof
My first experience with our democratic system was the 2012 Presidential Election. Though only ten or eleven at the time, and not having a single clue what was going on, I very distinctly remember the …
Black Lives Matter: How a Modern Civil Rights Movement Became a Symbol of American Democracy
The year of 2020 has been nothing short of long, strange and tumultuous. Americans have been dodging punches from all corners of the ring and are undoubtedly tired. One of the most sorrowful and …
Black Lives Matter: The Good, the Bad, the Powerful
Photo credit: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/us/teens-protest-black-lives-matter.html The Black Lives Matter movement has once again gained some serious momentum this past summer with the …
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The Responsibility of Power and the Power of Responsibility
Routt County Court House (Picture from Library of Congress) As learned from working on a County Commissioner Campaign Written by Greta Thurson This blog post is in no way advocating against …
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