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What poll watchers can − and can’t − do on Election Day

The Conversation - November 5, 2024

Poll watchers keep an eye on voting in Georgia in November 2022. AP Photo/Ben Gray by Mollie J. Cohen, Purdue University and Geoffrey D. Sheagley,...

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Threatening ‘the enemy within’ with force: Military ethicists explain the danger to important American traditions

The Conversation - October 28, 2024

Members of the Utah National Guard were deployed to Washington in June 2020 in response to public protests and demonstrations. AP Photo/Alex Brandon by Marcus...

Digital Daily

You want to vote in the 2024 election − here is how to make sure that your voice is heard

The Conversation - September 28, 2024

It’s that time again. Hill Street Studios/DigitalVision via Getty Images by Amy Dacey, American University Voting will begin in many states in just a few weeks...

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Americans remain hopeful about democracy despite fears of its demise – and are acting on that hope

The Conversation - March 7, 2023

Black voters are punishing anti-democratic candidates at the ballot box. AP Photo/Morry Gash by Ray Block Jr, Penn State; Andrene Wright, Penn State, and Mia Angelica...

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How the distortion of Martin Luther King Jr.‘s words enables more, not less, racial division within American society

The Conversation - January 14, 2023

by Hajar Yazdiha, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences U.S. Rep. Chip Roy of Texas is just the latest conservative lawmaker to misuse...

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