What are autocratic leaders using?
Autocratic leaders are using populist appeals, the partisan media and the power of their offices to short-circuit thoughtful deliberation and political consensus. They flout the rule of law, unleash the police on their own people, suppress dissent and attack voting rights.
What country did Serhii Plokhii live in?
Harvard historian Serhii Plokhii says he is hopeful that, in the long term, democracy will prevail in his native country of Ukraine. It’s the immediate crises of Russian-sponsored violence, dismemberment and disinformation that worry him. Read more >
What is information pathway?
According to Syracuse University media scholar Whitney Phillips, information pathways run as deep and interwoven as the roots of redwood trees, and when they’re contaminated it threatens the whole forest. Read more >
What is S2 E17?
S2 E17 – India Burning. In the wake of British colonialism, India was founded as a pluralistic society. But that vision is in doubt. As India approaches the 75th anniversary of its independence, the future that the country’s founders envisioned — of a diverse, dynamic, egalitarian nation — has been cast in doubt.
When did the internet become a wild west?
In the mid-1990s, the U.S. Congress moved to regulate internet content and gave tech companies wide latitude, setting the stage for a Wild West of data flow — along with abuses of privacy. UVA law professor Danielle Citron says it’s time to rein in cyberspace. Read more >
Where is Sayra from?
Sayra is from Mexico. Alejandro from Bolivia. Their journeys are different but the limbo they’ve experienced growing up undocumented in America has shaped them in parallel ways. Also on this episode, American University law professor Amanda Frosts reflects on how the hidden history of citizenship-stripping can inform naturalization policy in the present. Read more >
Who is the president of UVA?
In many ways, they were modeling democratic values for their educators. But can their teachers learn from them? UVA president Jim Ryan offers some insight on this and other tough questions. Read more >
