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The Degradation of Our Public Discourse is Destroying the U.S.


Quotes | Eisenhower Presidential Library

... degradation of human values." Address at the Opening Session of the White House Conference on Children and Youth, College Park, Maryland, 3/27/ ...

Democracy in Crisis | Freedom House

Political rights and civil liberties around the world deteriorated to their lowest point in more than a decade in 2017, extending a period characterized by ...

Why Social Media Are Ruining Political Discourse - The Atlantic

These false conspiracy theories can delude the public. But social media's negative impact on the political process isn't just a matter of their ...

State of the Union 2024 | The White House

I've ordered strikes to degrade the Houthi capability and defend U.S. forces in the region. As Commander-in-Chief, I will not hesitate to direct further ...

"The State of the Planet" | United Nations Secretary-General

At the beginning of 2021, we will launch the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration focused on preventing, halting and reversing the degradation of ...

President Clinton's 1996 State of the Union Address as delivered

... degradation. If we fail to address these threats today, we will suffer the consequences in all our tomorrows. Of course, we can't be everywhere. Of course ...

Department Press Briefing – November 14, 2024 - State Department

... their commands, to significantly degrade their arsenal, to significantly degrade their fighters. We have never said that Israel would be ...

“Post-truth”: A danger to democracy | Cairn.info

... the degradation of public discourse, harm to the reputations of political authorities, and a generalized mistrust of language and the sincerity of commitments.

What's Driving Political Violence in America?

Road rage, insolent postings, lack of personal relationships, lessening of social mores, degradation of morals, loss of respect for life, ...

Why Competition in the Politics Industry is Failing America (pdf)

Our political system is not as open as most Americans think it is. That is ... The degradation of the system has sped up over time. As this historical ...

“MURDER THE MEDIA”: Press Freedom, Violence, and the Public ...

Distrust, disinformation, violence, and press degradation exist in a mutually reinforcing ecosystem. And even as violence shapes the media ...

Americans Say Weakening Democracy Is the Most Critical Threat to ...

More than half also say the decline of democracies around the world, foreign interference in American elections, and the conflict in the ...

America Must Reclaim What the Left Has Attempted to Destroy

History remembers Independence Hall for the grave, soul-stirring words written there: “All men are created equal …” “Life, Liberty and the ...

Eliminating Chemical Weapons | OPCW

The degradation and ageing of stockpiled chemical agents and munitions in storage for over half a century. Handling and transporting munitions and containers ...

HOW JOURNALISTS AND THE PUBLIC SHAPE OUR DEMOCRACY

“The impact can be seen in the reduced coverage of political corrup- tion and corporate malpractice, environmental degradation and social ...

David Walker, 1785-1830. Walker's Appeal, in Four Articles

... their families, would he be to us a God of justice? I ask, O ye Christians! ! ! who hold us and our children in the most abject ignorance and degradation ...

Laudato si' (24 May 2015) | Francis - The Holy See

The melting in the polar ice caps and in high altitude plains can lead to the dangerous release of methane gas, while the decomposition of ...

Remarks by President Biden Before the 76th Session of the United ...

U.S. military power must be our tool of last ... degradation may only end up contributing to greater challenges for countries over time.

At Disagree Better Event, National Security Experts Warn of the ...

Polarization does not always lead to the degradation of democracy, but the challenge for the U.S. is we have reached what experts term ...

“Cancel Culture,” “Critical Race Theory,” and the Digital Public Sphere

It is undoubtedly true that technology has played a role in the transfor- mation—and degradation—of the terms “canceling” and “Critical Race Theory.” This ...