Democracy is under threat in the United States and around the world. Pippa Norris identifies the causes of democratic backsliding worldwide and proposes actionable ways to address these challenges and revitalize democratic governance.

THE IMPACT OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE SERIES:

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Russia’s “information war” in Ukraine is the latest example of how networked disinformation can deepen divides, harm people, destroy trust in institutions, and threaten democracy. Lisa Macpherson, a 2019 ALI Fellow, argues that America should take a more active role in supporting the free press it guaranteed its citizens in the First Amendment.

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The dominant media system defines the truths of our society and has created and sustained an anti-Black narrative since 1619. While government reparations efforts unfold, business and philanthropy can help repair and transform our media system. Alicia Bell, Damaso Reyes, Joseph Torres and Collette Watson discuss the steps needed to bring about change.

It is time that our federal government earnestly seeks to devise a long-term strategy to rid this nation of racial discrimination. Peter Williams discusses how we must develop a cradle-to-grave strategy for establishing a racially tolerant and antiracist society through education and legislative and regulatory change.

The reality of the seemingly endless pandemic combined with the stream of anger and violence exposed in media, is now fused with historic levels of loneliness and isolation. Robin Strongin discusses how reducing loneliness and social isolation is one way to reconnect people, to reestablish a meaningful sense of belonging and worth, and in so doing, provide an antidote to hate.

The creators of The Lincoln Project - former Republican campaign managers and consultants who want to build a new balanced and fiscally conservative Republican party - are creating the hardest hitting up-to-the-minute ads designed to provoke Trump’s ego and Wake Up those who voted for him.