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The Electoral College’s Racist Origins

4 November 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Wilfred Codrington III The Atlantic Is a color-blind political system possible under our Constitution? If it is, the Supreme Court’s evisceration of the Voting Rights Act in 2013 did […]

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It Can Happen Here

23 September 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Cass R. Sunstein The New York Review of Books Liberal democracy has enjoyed much better days. Vladimir Putin has entrenched authoritarian rule and is firmly in charge of a […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW

This Republican Party is Not Worth Saving

10 September 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Tom Nichols The Atlantic I was a Republican for most of my adult life. I came of political age in 1980, and although I grew up in a working-class […]

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What Science Can do for Democracy

19 July 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Tina Eliassi-Rad, Henry Farrell, David Garcia, Stephan Lewandowsky, Patricia Palacios, Don Ross, Didier Sornette, Karim Thébault, & Karoline Wiesner Humanities and Social Sciences Communications The Economist recently identified 80 […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW, NATIONAL SECURITY

The Confederacy Was an Antidemocratic, Centralized State

24 June 2020by TheThresh.com 1 Comment

By Stephanie McCurry The Atlantic Americans are now debating the fate of memorials to the Confederacy—statues, flags, and names on Army bases, streets, schools, and college dormitories. A century and […]

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Machiavellian Personalities Enjoy Political Campaigning More Than Others

6 December 2019by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

Psychology Today Scott A. McGreal In personality psychology, Machiavellianism refers to a cynical and manipulative approach to interpersonal relationships that embraces “moral flexibility” for personal gain. People high in Machiavellian traits, or […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW, NATIONAL SECURITY

Engines of Democracy

25 February 2019by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Jennifer M. Morton Aeon Education is crucial to a democratic society because it is how we ensure that future citizens will have the knowledge and skills our societies need. […]

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Germany Confronts Russian Hybrid Warfare

27 July 2017by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Kaan Sahin Carnegie Europe Ever since the Kremlin’s meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Western capitals have been alarmed at Russia’s hybrid warfare campaigns. That these activities are […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

The Death of Turkish Democracy?

7 July 2017by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Soner Cagaptay & Oya Rose Aktas Foreign Affairs Turkey was undeniably transformed by last July’s failed coup. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, having barely survived an attempt on this life, has become […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Gerrymandering is Illegal, But Only Mathematicians can Prove It

17 April 2017by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Erica Klarreich Wired Partisan gerrymandering—the practice of drawing voting districts to give one political party an unfair edge—is one of the few political issues that voters of all stripes find […]

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