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This Federal Judge Made Me Feel Better About Our Democracy David Leonhardt talks with a conservative judge about the courts in the Trump era.

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We need to acknowledge and break the cycle of polarising social media content, fear and populism undermining democracy. You can make a difference by following three simple steps.

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It is no coincidence that Timor- Leste ’s accession to the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is under threat by a brutal dictatorship: the criminal military regime that illegally ...

Every design choice that social media platforms make nudges users toward certain actions, values and emotional states.

I’m a political scientist who researches aspects of technology that support democracy and social cohesion, and I’ve observed how the design of social media platforms affects them.