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election 2024

A collection of 4 posts

Making sense of our current moment

Making sense of our current moment

At some point this week a thought occurred to me: The U.S. 2024 election is kind of like Brexit. I'm referring of course to the 2016 referendum in which residents of the United Kingdom, by a 4 percent margin, voted in favor of leaving the European Union.

The campaign we should be watching

The campaign we should be watching

The political conventions are always followed by an intense period of analysis and speculation and this year is no exception. With coverage hyper-focused on one race, we can lose sight of other important news – like down-ballot contests, or continued partisan efforts to undermine electoral processes in states like

Outlets are fact-checking the debate. Here's how we can help.

Outlets are fact-checking the debate. Here's how we can help.

Of the many fact-checks that circulated this morning, CNN reporter Daniel Dale's is one of the more efficient. In a 4:13 video he fact-checks the entire debate – President Biden's statements first (at least nine falsehoods, per Dale) then former President Trump's