“This, then, ought to be the focus of Biden’s Summit for Democracy: identifying threats to democracy and ways to strengthen existing regimes by investing in freedoms of conscience, mobilization, and dissent for all. This work ought to start at home, not least because it is essential work to do in a moment of high partisan polarization,” writes Thomas Pepinsky.
Real-world dangers can grow out of online abuse; silence and inaction won’t solve the problem. Drawing from their recent report about bystander intervention on social media, Melissa Brown, Samantha Elizondo, and Rashawn Ray identify effective strategies that people can use to combat hate speech and misinformation online.
“As downtowns struggle to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, the ‘tent cities’ and ‘encampments’ that have filled spaces once busy with office workers have become tangible symbols of the virus’s crushing effects.” Tracy Hadden Loh and Jennifer S. Vey discuss how segregation has blinded many Americans to the homelessness crisis and highlight the critical role that place governance must play in addressing it.
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