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A conversation about Trump destroying democracy

A good faith discussion

Mar 19, 2024

A conversation about Trump destroying democracy

Mar 19, 2024

A conversation about a second Trump term

A good faith discussion

Mar 6, 2024

A conversation about a second Trump term

Mar 6, 2024

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A conversation about trans participation in sports

A good faith discussion

Feb 21, 2024

A conversation about trans participation in sports

Feb 21, 2024

A conversation about Biden vs. Trump

A good faith discussion

Feb 8, 2024

A conversation about Biden vs. Trump

Feb 8, 2024

A conversation about the bipartisan immigration compromise the GOP is killing

💬 They got what they wanted, didn’t they?

Feb 7, 2024

A conversation about the bipartisan immigration compromise the GOP is killing

Feb 7, 2024

A conversation about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

A good faith discussion

Feb 6, 2024

A conversation about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Feb 6, 2024

A conversation about civil war in 2024

A good faith discussion

Feb 2, 2024

A conversation about civil war in 2024

Feb 2, 2024

A conversation about immigration and impeachment

A good faith conversation

Feb 1, 2024

A conversation about immigration and impeachment

Feb 1, 2024

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Countercheck

A conversation about bathrooms

💬 Okay, I’m going to be honest. There’s something I just don’t understand and I’m hoping you can help me.

Jan 31, 2024

A conversation about bathrooms

Jan 31, 2024

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Countercheck

A conversation about the border crisis

💬 Did you see that Texas and 15 other states are picking a fight with the US Government over immigration policy?

Jan 29, 2024

A conversation about the border crisis

Jan 29, 2024

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The Herald

5 Tips and Tricks for the New Knight App

Many students have already downloaded and explored the beta version of the school’s new app, launched last Friday in the Stoddard Center to…

Feb 25, 2022

Students viewing the Knight App on an iPad and on an iPhone.

Feb 25, 2022

If systemic racism exists, we have a lot of work to do.

If it exists, and it does, then we have to put forth actual effort to identify policies that need to be changed.

Dec 17, 2020

Dec 17, 2020

Scientists agree that COVID-19 is a pandemic, that it is deadly, and that drastic government…

Similarly, climate experts agree that global temperatures are rising and that humans are to blame. They also agree that acting now is…

Dec 16, 2020

Dec 16, 2020

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Countercheck

Naming the Racist Policy, Part 2

Health Care Policies

Dec 14, 2020

Naming the Racist Policy, Part 2

Dec 14, 2020

There’s a narrative out there about how President Trump oversaw a booming economy before COVID.

But that’s not the whole story. As Jon Ogden lays out clearly in this post, wages had stagnated, manufacturing and unemployment weren’t…

Dec 11, 2020

Dec 11, 2020

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Countercheck

More people died of COVID in the past week than died in the attacks of 9/11 and Pearl Harbor…

And just think — 9/11 led to the creation of an entirely new branch of the government (the controversial Department of Homeland Security)…

Dec 10, 2020

Dec 10, 2020

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Countercheck

Naming the Racist Policy, Part 1

Homeownership Policies

Dec 10, 2020

Naming the Racist Policy, Part 1

Dec 10, 2020

Published in
Countercheck

Why not cancel student loan debt?

#cancelstudentdebt

Dec 9, 2020

Why not cancel student loan debt?

Dec 9, 2020

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Countercheck

A Conversation about Systemic Racism

A good-faith discussion about what is probably true

Dec 9, 2020

A Conversation about Systemic Racism

Dec 9, 2020

Published in
Countercheck

Introducing Countercheck

[T]raining in rhetoric . . . allows you to defend yourself against yourself, to cultivate an interior countercheck. The more odious you…

Dec 9, 2020

Dec 9, 2020

Jeff Swift

Jeff Swift

PhD in Communication, Rhetoric, & Digital Media. Democracy junkie. Father of three.

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