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How Pop Culture Can Save Democracy: Lessons From Just Do It to Designated Drive
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Pop Culture

How Pop Culture Can Save Democracy: Lessons From Just Do It to Designated Drive

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Bridging & Common Ground

To Protect Democracy, Democrats Should Pay Attention to the Third Way’s List of ‘Offensive’ Words

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Democracy

Fighting Words: On The Autocratic Capture of Education

Donald Trump
Ethics & Leadership

From ‘Obliteration’ to ‘Enemies Within’: Trump’s Language Echoes Authoritarianism

English as the New Standard: Understanding Language Policies Under Trump
Governance & Legislation

English as the New Standard: Understanding Language Policies Under Trump

A Missed Opportunity
Governance & Legislation

A Missed Opportunity

“Overthreat” and “Undertrust” Should Replace the Term Polarization
Bridging & Common Ground

“Overthreat” and “Undertrust” Should Replace the Term Polarization

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Donald Trump at a campaign rally
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Bridging & Common Ground

‘Insurrection,’ ‘equity’ and more − these are the words that trigger Trump supporters

Harris and Trump debate on TV
Election 2024

Trump and Harris vocabularies signal their different frames of mind

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Democracy

We no longer have a shared view of ‘democracy.’ Should we abandon it?

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Bridging & Common Ground

Redefining America's political lingua franca

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Bridging & Common Ground

Words matter, especially in politics

Language barrier: The U.S. and its underwhelming approach to linguistic diversity
Contributors

Language barrier: The U.S. and its underwhelming approach to linguistic diversity

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