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Preserving Democracy Against Dis-information

Some solutions proposed to address the “fake news” problem have been enacted with a modicum of success, but they do little to address a more fundamental issue—the general lack of critical media literacy skills and dearth of civic online reasoning among internet users, especially the young. Learn More ›

By National Humanities Center
September 2019November 2019
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Freedom of Speech on Campus

Universities are bastions of inquiry, where ideas are both nurtured and challenged. But what should we do when the freedom to speak and debate conflicts with the need to provide a safe learning environment? How do we cope with ideologies we find intolerable and speakers who seek to inflame our communities? Learn More ›

By National Humanities Center
October 2018August 2020
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