McCourtney Institute spring events to explore the future of American democracy
Donna Shalala, Anne Applebaum and Danielle Allen, left to right, will present lectures in the coming weeks as part of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy s virtual events series. Visit democracy.psu.edu/virtual-events for more information and to register.
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McCourtney Institute spring events to explore the future of American democracy
January 08, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Following a tumultuous election and violence in Washington, many observers of American democracy are asking whether the United States will come together as a nation or follow the path toward authoritarianism taken by countries around the world.
You were warned. In September 2020, right here in this nationally syndicated newspaper column and on a subsequent report on my Newsmax show, Sovereign Nation, I sounded the alarm over Silicon Valley s hijacking of our election system through a private nonprofit called the Center for Technology and Civic Life. In October, I tipped off the White House and publicly urged the FBI and Justice Department to investigate. Nothing was done. Not a single federal official objected. So, the Zuckerberg Heist will happen again and again in this farce of a constitutional republic. Free and fair elections in America are a
You were warned.
In September 2020, right here in this nationally syndicated newspaper column and on a subsequent report on my Newsmax show,
Sovereign Nation, I sounded the alarm over Silicon Valley s hijacking of our election system through a private nonprofit called the Center for Tech and Civic Life.
In October, I tipped off the White House and publicly urged the FBI and Justice Department to investigate. Nothing was done. Not a single federal official objected. So, the Zuckerberg Heist will happen again and again in this farce of a constitutional republic. Free and fair elections in America are a pipe dream.
Falling in Love with Bahia & Brazil: On Negritude, Saudade, & Surrender
Naomi Jackson reflects on her own intellectual and cultural journey, finding affirmation in Afro-Brazilian culture, and a new dimension to her love and fascination for the stories of Black people.
I have been trying actively to stave off a case of Brazil-o-philia since the early 2000s when I lived in pre-gentrification Brooklyn. Preventive care for me looked like resisting the allure of capoeira classes, which offered the promise of instant friendship and community, endless references to obscure terminology, a pet name (as a West Indian, it’s hard for me to resist affectionate teasing and nicknames), and a warrior physique. Determined to keep my hot foot off Brazilian soil, I cut short conversations with friends who traveled to Brazil and caught Luso-fever. I thought that the Caribbean, West Africa, and South Africa, where I’d traveled in search of Blackness that both reflected and diverged from my own in w
By Michelle Malkin | January 6, 2021 | 10:51am EST
Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg reacts arrives for a meeting with European Commission vice-president in charge for Values and Transparency, in Brussels. (Photo credit: KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images)
You were warned.
In September 2020, right here in this nationally syndicated newspaper column and on a subsequent report on my Newsmax show, Sovereign Nation, I sounded the alarm over Silicon Valley s hijacking of our election system through a private nonprofit called the Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL).
In October, I tipped off the White House and publicly urged the FBI and Justice Department to investigate. Nothing was done. Not a single federal official objected. So, the Zuckerberg Heist will happen again and again in this farce of a constitutional republic. Free and fair elections in America are a pipe dream.