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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 27, 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...

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

The Conversation - September 29, 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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Black church leaders brought religion to politics in the ‘60s – but it was dramatically different from today’s White Christian nationalism

The Conversation - September 7, 2024

A group of teenagers marching during a civil rights rally. Bettman via Getty Images by Tobin Miller Shearer, University of Montana Fifty-eight years ago in the...

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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 15, 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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Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey Has Her Say on the Local Election Process

Sherri Kolade - July 28, 2021

Janice Winfrey, Detroit City Clerk, left, sits down in an interview with Digital Anchor Andre Ash in Studio 1452 recently. The Detroit Primary is less...

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