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How have online protests—like the recent outrage over the Komen Foundation’s decision to defund Planned Parenthood—changed the nature of…
Why do some democracies reflect their citizens' foreign policy preferences better than others? What roles do the media, political parties,…
Reporting bias – the media’s tendency to systematically underreport or overreport certain types of events – is a persistent problem for…
This article analyzes the historical conditions for, and implications of, the attitudes and conduct of a number of prominent or influential…