VOTER POWER
Propaganda of Authoritarianism: Trump’s “Squad” Tweets
Either he’s a natural at it, or President Trump is being coached on classic Russian propaganda techniques. The president’s defense of his own racist Tweets is the latest chapter in what is knows as the “4D Approach” to propaganda: dismiss, distract,...
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The Debate Over American Fascism
When freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently described privately run ICE detention centers as “concentration camps,” it ignited a debate over the use of related words like “fascism” and “genocide” to describe the polices and actions being...
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AI and the Future of Democracy
Last week, AI LA held a symposium called “AI, Ethics, and Fairness.” The panel discussion took place at the Phase Two co-working space in Culver City, California and its members included a computer scientist, a technology ethicist, a legal expert in AI and an AI...
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GOP Rep. Amash Tweets Case for Impeaching Bill Barr
As one of the founders of the ultra-conservative Freedom Caucus, Congressman Justin Amash may be the last person you'd expect to call for the impeachment of President Trump. But after completing his reading of the full 486-page Mueller Report, Amash became...
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Climate Activists Convene at Earth’s Call Event in Aspen
I’ve never considered myself a climate activist, but I am an activist for fact-based public policy. Given that “climate change is a hoax” is the world’s leading fake news story, I decided to accept an invitation to the Earth’s Call climate action conference this past...
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Climate Change Policies Deeply Divide Voters
Just when you thought America couldn’t be more divided, a new CNN poll rates climate change as the most important issue of the 2020 presidential election among registered Democrats or Democratic-leaning independents. But for Republican voters, climate...
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To Impeach or Not to Impeach? That Is the Question
This week, as we collectively digested Robert Mueller’s 400-page report, a debate broke out over whether or not Congress should begin impeachment hearings into President Trump. The pro-impeach crowd led by Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria...
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A New Digital Contract with America
VOICES OF CIVICS NATION GUEST BLOGGER Of course the Green New Deal is audacious and not obviously within reach. That’s the whole point; to create space for ambition, to pull our emotions upwards and force us to feel the future.A practical and...
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Women Flock to Illinois Amid Abortion Restrictions in Midwest
An increasing number of women are crossing state lines to have abortions in Illinois. The reason? Reproductive laws in neighboring states have become so restrictive that women are willing to travel long distances just to undergo a safe procedure.
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President Trump Defends Ivanka’s Use of a Private Email Account
President Trump is singing a very different tune now that his own daughter has been caught using a private email account to conduct government business. On Monday, The Washington Post reported that Ivanka Trump used her personal account to correspond with White House officials throughout much of 2017.
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