Showing posts with label TheConversation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TheConversation. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 28, 2025

What’s behind Trump’s flurry of executive action: 4 essential reads on autocrats and authoritarianism

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President Donald Trump shows off one of his new orders upon taking office. Anna Moneymaker/Getty I...
Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Now the Electoral College votes for president – 4 essential reads

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Jeff Inglis , The Conversation The voters have cast their ballots, and after those ballots have been counted, and a winner has been ...
Thursday, October 31, 2024

Independent voters think for themselves and stay out of politics – 3 essential reads

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Jessie Harris, left, a registered independent voter in South Carolina, casts a ballot in February 2024. ...
Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Slow vote-counting, flip-flopping leads, careful certification and the weirdness of the Electoral College – people who research elections look at what to expect on election night

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What should you make of the flood of information about the election? Dilok Klaisataporn/iStock / G...
Monday, July 1, 2024

Supreme Court rules that Trump had partial immunity as president, but not for unofficial acts − 4 essential reads

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President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on Jan. 6, 2021, before the Capitol insurrection. ...
Monday, March 4, 2024

Supreme Court says only Congress can bar a candidate, like Trump, from the presidency for insurrection − 3 essential reads

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Journalists set up in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building on Feb. 8, 2024. Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua via Get...
Friday, February 16, 2024

Candidates’ aging brains are factors in the presidential race − 4 essential reads

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Joe Biden and Donald Trump are two of the three oldest people ever to serve as president. AP Photo ...
Monday, February 12, 2024

Are you seeing news reports of voting problems? 4 essential reads on election disinformation

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Published in The Conversation A voter emerges from a voting booth in New Hampshire in January 2024. AP Photo...
Thursday, July 27, 2023

Giuliani claims the First Amendment lets him lie – 3 essential reads

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Rudy Giuliani admits to lying but says the Constitution protects him. AP Photo/Patrick Semansky J...