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The Future of Internet Governance: An Interview with Harvard Professor Jonathan Zittrain
Jonathan Zittrain (YC ’91) is one of the world’s leading authorities on Internet regulation. He is the co-founder and director of Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, the George Bemis Professor of International Law at Harvard Law School,…
Doomed to Repeat
After all, those who do not learn history — the very goal of these restrictive laws — are doomed to repeat it.
Justice on Trial: Systemic Racism in Jury Selection
Activists, lawyers, and policy experts alike agree that the jury selection system is broken at every stage of the process—and Black defendants are paying the price.
Iowa Blues: Honoring the Life and Fight of Robin Stone
Robin always talked about the future as the perfect remedy to the present, ever hopeful that things would get better, if only you worked for it.
Voter Suppression Bills: An Overreaction to a Fictional Threat
The Republican Party should not attempt to change the electorate to match the party line; it should change the party line to fit its electorate.
Watching the Watchdog: Journalism and Partisanship in the Trump Era
“The only way for people to understand right and wrong is if you tell them everything.”
No Compromise: Conspiracies, Guns, and America’s Modern Militia Movement
“It doesn’t necessarily matter what is in the Constitution. Some people see [gun ownership] as essential to their identity, so when that starts to come under stress, not only are they questioning the legal ramifications, but it becomes a personal attack.”
History Repeats Itself: Populism and the Post-Trump Republican Party Chasm
As Senator Ben Sasse said in his message to the Nebraska GOP State Central Committee after being censured: “Politics isn’t about the weird worship of one dude.” The party now wrestles with choosing between tethering itself to the Trump-adorned populist ideals or ridding itself of its recent populist tendencies and return to achieving meaningful, substantive conservative policy.