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  • 27 Jul 2022
    Eric W. Cheng

    Progressives, Moderates, and the Politics of Principle and Pragmatism

    There is much agreement among ‘progressives’ and ‘moderates’ that the modern Republican Party is an existential threat to American democracy. This agreement, I believe, is well-founded. With notable exceptions , Republican officials have either supported or turned a blind eye towards violent efforts – egged on by a Republican president – to overturn an election. […]

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  • 27 Jun 2022
    Kathy Dodworth

    Legitimacy: crisis or continuity?

    We are, according to US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, in a ‘crisis of legitimacy’. The US Supreme Court’s overturning of long-settled law Roe vs Wade regarding women’s right to abortion does not reflect US public opinion at large. Trust in the court itself is at an all-time-low, she laid out in a Twitter series on 25 […]

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  • 7 May 2021
    Cigdem V. Sirin, Nicholas A. Valentino, José D. Villalobos

    Naïve or Necessary? Empathy for Outgroups in Times of Heightened Human Conflict

    The Covid-19 pandemic represents a profound challenge for all of mankind. A year after the first outbreak was discovered, deaths directly caused by the virus surpassed 2.5 million, and that number was almost surely an undercount. The discovery of several effective vaccines gave the world hope, but also led to conflict about who should get […]

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