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Champions of the almost entirely party-line vote in the U.S. Senate to erase $1.1 billion in already approved funds for the ...

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And then there are public media’s critical benefits to democracy itself. A 2021 report from the European Broadcasting Union links public broadcasting with higher voter turnout, better factual ...

In a major development, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday announced a significant hike in monthly pension benefits under the 'Bihar Patrakaar Samman Pension Scheme' for all eligible ...

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Broadly shared civic commons And then there are public media’s critical benefits to democracy itself.

As chair of a public policy institute devoted to strengthening deliberative democracy, I have written two books about the media and the presidency, and another about media ethics.