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January 7, 2025 |
Media Articles: IDEOLOGY: The New Rasputins |
January 5, 2025 |
Media Articles: 2024 ELECTION: How Trump 'Won': The Anesthetized Anti-MAGA Majority |
December 30, 2024 |
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December 27, 2024 |
Media Articles: SUPREME COURT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: Supreme Court Poised to Gut Bedrock Environmental Law in Oil-train Case |
December 26, 2024 |
Media Articles: CORPORATIONS; TRUMP: From Wall Street to Big Pharma: The Corporate Giants Bankrolling Trump's Inauguration |
December 25, 2024 |
Media Articles: HEALTHCARE CORPORATIONS; MEDICARE FOR ALL: Luigi Mangione, Unitedhealthcare, and the American Health Care Scam |
September 26, 2024 |
Media Articles: LABOR: Why Republicans Want and Need a Permanent Economic Underclass |
September 21, 2024 |
Resources—Organizations: RURAL AREAS: Rural Strong Network
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August 30, 2024 |
Resources—Organizations: RURAL AREAS; EDUCATION: The Rural Educator, the official journal of the National Rural Education Association)
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August 9, 2024 |
Media Articles: CORPORATIONS; STATE LEGISLATION: ALEC Exposed: What is ALEC? |
July 21, 2024 |
Media Articles: PUBLIC EDUCATION; PUBLIC SCHOOLS; HISTORY: How Reconstruction Created American Public Education |
July 17, 2024 |
Media Articles: CONSTITUTION; SUPREME COURT: The Creed (book review, The Constitutional Bind: How Americans Came to Idolize a Document That Fails Them) |
April 11, 2024 |
Media Articles: RURAL AREAS: An Honest Assessment of Rural White Resentment Is Long Overdue |
April 2, 2024 |
Media Articles: ECONOMIC SECURITY: Here's why Americans under 40 are so disillusioned with capitalism |
March 26, 2024 |
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March 24, 2024 |
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March 17, 2024 |
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March 16, 2024 |
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March 5, 2024 |
Media Articles: ISRAEL, PALESTINE: Has Zionism Lost the Argument? |
February 11, 2024 |
Resources—Organizations: RURAL AREAS: Rural Health Information Hub (for Georgia)
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February 4, 2024 |
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January 14, 2024 |
Media Articles: TRUMP 2025; PROJECT 2025: Republicans actually published a blueprint for dismantling our democracy. It's called Project 2025 |
January 11, 2024 |
Georgia Rural Counties Project: BOOK REVIEW; RURAL AREAS: TDS Strategy Memo: The recently published book, Rust Belt Union Blues, by Lainey Newman and Theda Skocpol represents a profoundly important contribution to the debate over Democratic Strategy. It challenges the dominant theory for why Democrats have suffered a major decline in working class support and how they can attempt to regain it |
January 6, 2024 |
Media Articles: TRUMP 2025; PROJECT 2025: Conservative groups draw up plan to dismantle the US government and replace it with Trump's vision |
January 5, 2024 |
Media Articles: SUPREME COURT; 14TH AMENDMENT: The Pitchfork Ruling |
January 3, 2024 |
Georgia Rural Counties Project: BOOK REVIEW; RURAL AREAS: Review: Who Is the Rural Voter? Book Builds on Old Themes to Create New Understanding |
December 27, 2023 |
Media Articles: FASCISM: Will Trump's Violent Movement Conquer America? |
December 24, 2023 |
Media Articles: RELIGION; PUBLIC SCHOOLS; SUPREME COURT: Angry About Your Kid’s After-School Satan Club? Blame Clarence Thomas |
December 1, 2023 |
Media Articles: GEORGIA; GERRYMANDERING; REDISTRICTING: Republicans again target Democrat Lucy McBath in Georgia congressional map that keeps 9-5 GOP edge |
October 7, 2023 |
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October 6, 2023 |
Media Articles: SUPREME COURT: How SCOTUS corruption could end Social Security — and America |
October 6, 2023 |
Media Articles: SUPREME COURT: How SCOTUS corruption could end Social Security — and America |
September 14, 2023 |
Rural Counties Project: RURAL AREAS: A Rural New Deal September 2023 (A joint publication of Rural Urban Bridge Initiative and Progressive Democrats of America) |
September 11, 2023 |
Media Articles: POLLING: I don’t write about polls. You shouldn’t bother with them, either (Jennifer Rubin) |
September 3, 2023 |
Media Articles: SOCIAL SECURITY: A 40 year campaign to destroy Social Security |
September 1, 2023 |
Media Articles: PSYCHOLOGY: Poll gives shocking new data about the cult of Trump |
August 27, 2023 |
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August 13, 2023 |
Media Articles: SUPREME COURT: The Supreme Court's 'Major Questions Doctrine' Is a Threat to Democracy |
July 30, 2023 |
Resources—Organizations: RURAL AREAS: The Urban-Rural Divide: A Guidebook to Understanding the Problem and Forging Solutions |
July 26, 2023 |
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July 23, 2023 |
Media Articles: SOCIAL MEDIA; PSYCHOLOGY: Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid |
July 15, 2023 |
New Page. Georgia Rural Counties Project. New page focusing on rural counties in Georgia and the U.S. |
July 10, 2023 |
Media Articles: GEORGIA; ANTISEMITISM: On the definition of antisemitism; whether the IHRA definition (proposed to be adopted by the state of Georgia) equates criticism of the Israeli government's treatment of Palestinians with "antisemitism." |
June 28, 2023 |
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May 28, 2023 |
Media Articles: GEORGIA; RURAL AREAS: "Rural Georgia in Focus" (University of Georgia, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, September 21, 2021) |
May 21, 2023 |
Additional resources for rural areas:
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May 19, 2023 |
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April 28, 2023 |
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April 7, 2023 |
Media Articles: RURAL AREAS: "Is Rural America Struggling? It Depends on How You Define ‘Rural’" |
April 4, 2023 |
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March 31, 2023 |
Media Articles: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI); SOCIAL MEDIA; PROPAGANDA: "How a tiny company with few rules is making fake images go mainstream" |
March 30, 2023 |
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March 24, 2023 |
Resources—Organizations: RURAL AREAS: Rural Urban Bridge Initiative (website)
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March 20, 2023 |
Media Articles: VOTER SUPPRESSION: "It’s No Coincidence That the Midterms Turned the Blackest Parts of America Red" |
March 17, 2023 |
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March 16, 2023 |
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March 13, 2023 |
Media Articles: DEMOCRACY: "Why Republicans are pushing one of their most toxic and corrosive memes" ("Republic, not a democracy") |
March 4, 2023 |
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March 2, 2023 |
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February 17, 2023 |
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February 12, 2023 |
Media Articles: RELIGION IN POLITICS; CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM: "The Rise of Spirit Warriors on the Christian Right" |
February 5, 2023 |
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February 1, 2023 |
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January 27, 2023 |
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January 19, 2023 |
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January 16, 2023 |
Media Articles: "Corporations Are Pushing The Supreme Court To Crush Unions" |
January 15, 2023 |
Media Articles: "A Practical Guide to Defeating MAGA" (from Indivisible) |
January 11, 2023 |
Media Articles: "Can Democrats Succeed in Rural America?" (Report from Rural Urban Bridge Initiative) |
December 18, 2022 |
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December 9, 2022 |
Media Articles: "How Right-Wing Candidates of Color Delivered the House to Republicans" |
December 7, 2022 |
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October 11, 2022 |
Media Articles: BILLIONAIRES: "The truth behind 'self-made' billionaires" |
October 10, 2022 |
Media Articles: MEDICARE ADVANTAGE: "'Straight up fraud': Data confirms private insurers are stealing billions." |
October 9, 2022 |
Media Articles: CRIME: "Conservatives are lying about crime" |
October 7, 2022 |
Media Articles: REPUBLICANS: "Everything else is just a show: The only two things the GOP fights for" |
October 6, 2022 |
Media Articles: PRICE OF OIL: "US Should Respond to OPEC by Reinstating Oil Export Ban, Says Green Group" |
October 3, 2022 |
Media Articles: MESSAGING; POLLING: "Will Democratic Leaders Get Their Message Right?" |
September 21, 2022 |
Media Articles: RURAL AREAS; EDUCATION: "It Isn't Populist to Defund Rural Schools" |
September 19, 2022 |
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September 16, 2022 |
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September 15, 2022 |
Media Articles: MESSAGING: "How Memes Led to an Insurrection" |
September 12, 2022 |
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September 6, 2022 |
Resources—Organizations: Center for Common Ground |
September 2, 2022 |
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August 31, 2022 |
Media Articles: LABOR: "President Biden's first 18 months: Assessing the Biden administration's record for workers" |
August 29, 2022 |
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August 20, 2022 |
Media Articles: POLITICAL/ECONOMIC HISTORY: "The Future of History." (Francis Fukuyama, 2012) |
August 17, 2022 |
Media Articles: "Beyond the right-wing panic: Why 'critical race theory' actually matters." |
August 14, 2022 |
Media Articles: FAMILIES: "Raising Young Kids in America Has Become Hell, and the Government Should Finally Acknowledge That"
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August 11, 2022 |
Media Articles: EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT: "National Organization for Women Equal Rights Amendment Resolution" |
August 4, 2022 |
Media Articles: WHITE NATIONALISM: "Fueled by virtually unrestricted social media access, white nationalism is on the rise and attracting violent young white men" |
August 2, 2022 |
Media Articles: MESSAGING: "Democrats can win the 2022 midterms by asking Republicans to answer two questions" |
August 1, 2022 |
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July 31, 2022 |
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July 22, 2022 |
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July 9, 2022 |
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July 7, 2022 |
Media Articles: ABORTION; HISTORY; SUPREME COURT: "Abortion decision cherry-picks history – when the US Constitution was ratified, women had much more autonomy over abortion decisions than during 19th century" |
July 5, 2022 |
Media Articles: "Revenge of the Patriarchs: Why Autocrats Fear Women" |
July 3, 2022 |
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July 1, 2022 |
Media Articles: "Opinion: Heed Georgia Constitution on abortion" |
June 27, 2022 |
Media Articles: SUPREME COURT: "The Supreme Court's Selective Memory" |
June 24, 2022 |
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June 23, 2022 |
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June 20, 2022 |
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June 17, 2022 |
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June 4, 2022 |
Media Articles: POLLING: "Black voters' support for Biden has cooled, poll finds" |
May 29, 2022 |
Media Articles: GUNS: "AR-15s Were Made to Explode Human Bodies. In Uvalde, the Bodies Belonged to Children" |
May 26, 2022 |
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May 24, 2022 |
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May 9, 2022 |
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May 6, 2022 |
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April 17, 2022 |
Media Articles: ELECTORAL COUNT ACT OF 1887: "Lawmakers worry 2020 will provide a blueprint for stealing a future election" |
April 15, 2022 |
Resources—Documents: Moral Foundations Theory |
April 11, 2022 |
Media Articles: TRUST; SOCIAL MEDIA (DAMAGE): "Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid" |
March 20, 2022 |
Media Articles: "Yes, voters 'deserve to know' this GOP plan would raise taxes by $1 trillion" (Sen. Rick Scott's 11-Point Plan that he was not supposed to "say out loud") |
March 18, 2022 |
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March 14, 2022 |
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March 13, 2022 |
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March 12, 2022 |
Media Articles: POLLING: "The polarization in today's Congress has roots that go back decades" |
March 7, 2022 |
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March 6, 2022 |
Media Articles: FASCIST NETWORK?: "Rep. Paul Gosar's lengthy ties to White nationalists, pro-Nazi blogger and far-right fringe received little pushback for years" |
March 5, 2022 |
Media Articles: "Stacey Abrams and Lauren Groh-Wargo: How to Turn Your Red State Blue" |
February 28, 2022 |
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February 26, 2022 |
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February 14, 2022 |
Media Articles: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS: "Radical Ideas Need Quiet Spaces" |
February 8, 2022 |
Media Articles: SUPREME COURT; RELIGION; CHURCH-STATE: "Amy Coney Barrett's Long Game" |
January 30, 2022 |
Resources—Organizations: Indivisible Georgia Coalition (overcoming misinformation) |
January 23, 2022 |
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January 18, 2022 |
Media Articles: EDUCATION; SCHOOL BOARDS: "More than masks and critical race theory – 3 tasks you should be prepared to do before you run for school board" |
January 16, 2022 |
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January 8, 2022 |
Books-Magazines: "Strongmen review: a chilling history for one nation no longer under Trump" |
January 7, 2022 |
Media Articles: LABOR; WAGES; WORKING CONDITIONS: "Where have all the truck drivers gone?" |
December 25, 2021 |
Books-Magazines: "The Incoherence of American History" (Review of three books on early American history from Alan Taylor: the colonial period; the American Revolution; and the post-Revolution period to 1850) |
December 24, 2021 |
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December 23, 2021 |
Media Articles: "This 232-year-old power has never been used by Congress — but it could save the republic" (Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution) |
December 20, 2021 |
Resources—Organizations: Rural Areas (various organizations) |
December 18, 2021 |
Books-Magazines: Video: "Reflections on Critical Race Theory" event (Discussion of To Drink From the Well: The Struggle for Racial Equality at the Nation's Oldest Public University) |
December 17, 2021 |
Media Articles: "2020: The Georgia Latino Electorate Grows in Power" |
December 13, 2021 |
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December 11, 2021 |
Books-Magazines: "Stealing Georgia: Trump Gets Desperate, Kanye’s Publicist Shows Up on Ruby Freeman’s Doorstep, and… 28,000 Missing Votes?" |
December 8, 2021 |
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December 7, 2021 |
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December 6, 2021 |
Media Articles: "The New Right’s Strange and Dangerous Cult of Toughness" |
December 5, 2021 |
Media Articles: SUPREME COURT: "The Rule of Six: A newly radicalized Supreme Court is poised to reshape the nations" |
December 4, 2021 |
Media Articles: SUPREME COURT: "The Supreme Court threatens to undermine the core of protection for American civil liberties" |
November 21, 2021 |
Media Articles: MESSAGING: "Messaging Economic Progress to an Angry Public" |
November 20, 2021 |
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November 18, 2021 |
Media Articles: "The suburbs are poorer and more diverse than we realize" |
November 11, 2021 |
Media Articles: MESSAGING; POLLING: "Beyond Red vs. Blue: The Political Typology" |
November 5, 2021 |
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November 3, 2021 |
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October 19, 2021 |
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October 18, 2021 |
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October 16, 2021 |
Media Articles: SUPREME COURT: "By Attacking Me, Justice Alito Proved My Point" |
October 12, 2021 |
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October 11, 2021 |
Media Articles: "A Proclamation on Indigenous Peoples' Day, 2021" |
October 9, 2021 |
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October 7, 2021 |
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October 5, 2021 |
Visual Media: DEMOCRACY: "Russia's Eroded Democracy Seen As Cautionary Tale For U.S. After Trump" |
October 4, 2021 |
Resources—Progressive Legislation: S. 2747 - Freedom to Vote Act |
October 2, 2021 |
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September 26, 2021 |
Media Articles: HEALTHCARE, RELIGION: "Vaccine mandates: How sincere is a 'sincerely held belief'?" |
September 24, 2021 |
Media Articles: HEALTHCARE: "Herd Immunity: Covid Deaths Devouring the South Are No Accident" |
September 23, 2021 |
Media Articles: LATINOS: "Democrats: Let's Face Reality—The Term 'People of Color' Doesn't Describe a Political Coalition That Actually Exists" |
September 19, 2021 |
PROGRESSIVE DEFINITION: "Are there progressive institutions?; Congressional Progressive Caucus" |
September 16, 2021 |
Media Articles: GLOBAL WARMING/CLIMATE CHANGE: "Youth Climate Anxiety Is Skyrocketing — and Government Inaction Is to Blame" |
September 14, 2021 |
Media Articles: VOTING RIGHTS: "My Thoughts on Manchin's Compromise Bill"
FREEDOM:
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September 12, 2021 |
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September 6, 2021 |
ABORTION: Media Articles: "What the Justice Department Should Do to Stop the Texas Abortion Law" |
September 2, 2021 |
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August 30, 2021 |
Resources—Georgia News: NEW Section in Resources! |
August 29, 2021 |
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August 9, 2021 |
SUPREME COURT EXPANSION: Media Articles: "The day the Supreme Court showed its disturbing new face" |
August 8, 2021 |
SUPREME COURT, INDEPENDENT STATE LEGISLATURE DOCTRINE:
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July 26, 2021 |
Media Articles: UNIONS: "Not sure if joining a union is right for you? Here are some things to consider" |
July 22, 2021 |
SUPREME COURT, VOTING RIGHTS:
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July 21, 2021 |
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July 14, 2021 |
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July 3, 2021 |
Books & Magazines—Books: "Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few" |
June 26, 2021 |
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June 22, 2021 |
Resources—Deadline for Democracy Event Toolkit (H.R. 1/S. 1) (Indivisible) |
June 20, 2021 |
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June 15, 2021 |
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June 14, 2021 |
Media Articles: LANGUAGE, MESSAGING: "Here’s an Idea for Liberals: Propaganda" |
June 6, 2021 |
Media Articles: "Statement of Concern: The Threats to American Democracy and the Need for National Voting and Election Administration Standards" |
May 23, 2021 |
Media Articles: "The Cause of America’s Post-Truth Predicament" |
May 21, 2021 |
Resources—Organizations: "Georgia Working Families Party" |
May 16, 2021 |
Media Articles: "A timeline for the For the People Act" |
May 13, 2021 |
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April 29, 2021 |
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April 21, 2021 |
Media Articles: "Can Biden Fix the Courts That Trump Broke?" |
April 18, 2021 |
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April 17, 2021 |
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April 10, 2021 |
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April 4, 2021 |
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April 2, 2021 |
Resources—Organizations: "Southern Economic Advancement Project (SEAP)" |
April 1, 2021 |
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March 24, 2021 |
Media Articles: "The Most Important Thing Democrats Can Do With Their Power Is Protect the Vote" |
March 23, 2021 |
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March 20, 2021 |
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March 11, 2021 |
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March 4, 2021 |
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March 3, 2021 |
Media Articles: "David Shor on Why Trump Was Good for the GOP and How Dems Can Win in 2022" |
February 27, 2021 |
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February 26, 2021 |
Media Articles: "The Supreme Court is about to hear two cases that could destroy what remains of the Voting Rights Act" |
February 25, 2021 |
Media Articles: "How the Democratic Party Can Create a Majoritarian Coalition" |
February 19, 2021 |
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February 15, 2021 |
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February 13, 2021 |
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February 10, 2021 |
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February 4, 2021 |
Glossary: "authoritarian"; "consensus"; "disinformation"; "misinform" |
February 1, 2021 |
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January 30, 2021 |
Media Articles: DISINFORMATION, MESSAGING — "Defanging Disinformation: 6 Action Steps Nonprofits Can Take" |
January 29, 2021 |
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January 28, 2021 |
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January 24, 2021 |
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January 22, 2021 |
Media Articles: "The Trump economy left Black Americans behind. Here’s how they want Biden to narrow the gaps" |
January 21, 2021 |
Media Articles: RURAL AREAS: "5 ways Biden can help rural America thrive and bridge the rural-urban divide" |
January 16, 2021 |
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January 14, 2021 |
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January 11, 2021 |
Books & Magazines: "Ex-Friends: Anne Applebaum and the crisis of centrist politics" |
January 10, 2021 |
Media Articles: "Banning Trump isn't Enough" (SOCIAL MEDIA) |
January 9, 2021 |
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January 3, 2021 |
Media Articles: "Even If It's 'Bonkers,' Poll Finds Many Believe QAnon And Other Conspiracy Theories" |
January 1, 2021 |
Media Articles: "The Democratic Brand in 2020 and Beyond" |
December 26, 2020 |
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December 21, 2020 |
Media Articles: "Centrist Dems Are Wrong About November’s Losses" |
December 4, 2020 |
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November 14, 2020 |
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November 1, 2020 |
Resources—Historical Documents: Declaration of Independence; Constitution of the U.S.; Bill of Rights-Amendments 1-10; Constitution-Amendments 11-27 |
October 29, 2020 |
Glossary (added) |
October 24, 2020 |
Books & Magazines: "The Oligarchs' Revenge: The Making of the Modern Right" |
October 3, 2020 |
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