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The insurrection at the Capitol challenged how US media frames unrest and shapes public opinion
Danielle K. Kilgo, University of Minnesota The chaos at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday wasn’t typical. Nor was the coverage. Footage carried live by cable news and clips and photos shared across social media were jolting. One image showed a man who had broken into the building sitting in a chair, foot on desk, in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office. A video clip showed a crowd chasing a police officer as he retreated up the stairs. As a researcher of
19 years after 9/11, Americans continue to fear foreign extremists and underplay the dangers of domestic terrorism
Jeff Gruenewald, University of Arkansas; Joshua D. Freilich, City University of New York; Steven Chermak, Michigan State University, and William Parkin, Seattle University On a Tuesday morning in September 2001, the American experience with terrorism was fundamentally altered. Two thousand,
With Harris pick, Biden reaches out to young Black Americans
Sam Fulwood III, American University and David C. Barker, American University School of Public Affairs With his choice of Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate, Joe Biden may have helped bring young Black Americans to his side on Election
Can Joe Biden ‘heal’ the United States? Political experts disagree
Arie Kruglanski, University of Maryland and Robert B. Talisse, Vanderbilt University Editor’s note: When Joe Biden becomes president on Jan. 20, 2021, he will lead a fractured nation whose political factions are separated by a chasm. In his victory speech,
Why friendships are falling apart over politics
Melanie Green, University at Buffalo Former Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia were on opposite sides of the political spectrum. Yet despite their obvious legal disagreements, the liberal Ginsburg once described herself and the conservative Scalia as