Behind the saga of Biden and Trump lies the fight for democracy around the world Salon 2 hrs ago Joe Biden and Donald Trump Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images
As the Jan. 6 insurrection recedes in time, media attention is beginning to focus on potential 2024 Republican presidential candidates, including new faces like Kristi Noem and Josh Hawley, old also-ran Ted Cruz and others and, of course, Donald Trump. In a representative democracy, it s only natural that elected leaders or credible potential ones should be a significant focus of attention.
But there s an air of unreality hovering over all such portrait-mode coverage when a broader landscape view shows that the very survival of democracy is up for grabs not just in the U.S., where GOP House members are in deep denial about the Jan. 6 insurrection while Republican legislators have introduced voter suppression bills in 47 states, but around the world. The Swedish-based V-D
BATON ROUGE – Six LSU faculty members, who are leaders in their respective fields, have been selected to receive the Rainmaker Award from the LSU Office of Research & Economic Development, or ORED. Rainmakers are faculty members who balance their teaching and research responsibilities while extending the impact of their work to the world beyond academia.
“I extend my congratulations to this year’s LSU Rainmakers. On behalf of your colleagues at LSU, we recognize and appreciate you and your exceptional work, especially in light of the challenges of these times. Your resilience, creativity and excellence inspire us all,” said LSU Vice President of Research & Economic Development Samuel Bentley.
Democrats should be delighted Americans support the ambitious agenda President Biden has articulated, but no one should assume, as I once did, that minds have been changed for good.
April 21, 2021Last week, I criticized a recent report from the American Press Institute and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. That report made a number of bold claims about the American public and what it said was a widespread lack of support for core journalistic values like transparency, oversight, and giving voice to the less powerful. Among those claims:
Only 29% of Americans believe that “a good way to make society better is to spotlight its problems.”
Just 44% of Americans support the journalistic value of transparency.
Only half 50% of Americans support the journalistic value of giving voice to the less powerful.
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