Click Here to Read: 10 Takeaways From the Night Trump Marched Back to the White House. America’s democracy will again be put to the test, and its government will veer sharply to the right. Kamala Harris and Democrats were dealt stunning defeats across the country By Reid J. Epstein in the New York Times on November. 6, 2024.

Election Night – Boston, MA Image: ElizabethForMA Pu lic Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Click Here to Read: The Trump Threat to Democracy Has Only Grown  by Daron Acemoglu on the Project Syndicate website on August 30, 2024.

Former President of the United States Donald Trump speaking with attendees at a “Chase the Vote” rally at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona .Image: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Click Here to Read: Russians Love YouTube. That’s a Problem for the Kremlin: YouTube remains the only major US-based social media platform available in Russia. It’s become “indispensable” to everyday people, making a ban tricky. Journalists and dissidents are taking advantage on the Wired website.

Vladmir Putin.  Image: The Russian Presidential Press and Information Office.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Click Here to Read: The Campus-Left Occupation That Broke Higher Education: Elite colleges are now reaping the consequences of promoting a pedagogy that trashed the postwar ideal of the liberal university By George Packer on the Atlantic website on APRIL 25, 2024.  Available to those with a subscription or who do a free trial.

Protests in and around Columbia University in support of Palestine and against Israeli occupation. A side gate by the bookstore where the crowd is—inside and out.  Image: SWinxy  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons