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Jenny Oak Tree articles

jenny oak treeJenny Oak Tree writes for Democracy Chronicles from the state of Alabama. Checkout the rest of our international team of authors as well. Together, they help cover free and fair elections on every continent with a focus on election reform in the United States.

Comparing “Don’t Look Up” to our current COVID crisis

by Jenny Oak Tree - January 8, 2022

Comparing "Don't Look Up" to our current COVID crisis

The movie itself takes a deep dive into how messaging and our hivemind contribute to misinformation and denial of scientific fact.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Capitalism and Big Business, Political Artwork

America After Trump

by Jenny Oak Tree - January 22, 2021

America After Trump

Our country must grieve and we must understand the trauma that has been created by Trumpism. Only then can the United States rise again.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Racism and Prejudice

What does it say that President Trump refuses to concede?

by Jenny Oak Tree - November 12, 2020

What does it say that President Trump refuses to concede?

The longer we wait for a concession speech the more divided we become as people hold onto their narratives instead of the important work of uniting America.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American State Elections, Election History, Republicans

Conversation with a Trump supporter   

by Jenny Oak Tree - November 5, 2020

Conversation with a Trump supporter 

Discourse cannot get better until every one of us has our conversation with a Trump supporter. I hope for your sake it goes as well as mine did.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Democrats, Republicans

World views versus party systems: understanding fractionalisation in America and finding coming ground

by Jenny Oak Tree - September 2, 2020

World views versus party systems: understanding fractionalisation in America and finding coming ground

If we look at the DNC and RNC as two divergent world views versus party systems, we can start to unearth the why-why our country is so deeply divided.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American Local Elections, American State Elections, Democrats, Republicans

A New American Society From Coronavirus

by Jenny Oak Tree - April 8, 2020

A new American society from coronavirus

Coronavirus makes no distinction of status. As it spreads, the communitarianism we see taking center-stage could be the new late-stage capitalism.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Capitalism and Big Business, Socialism and Labor

On Election Security

by Jenny Oak Tree - August 6, 2019

On Election Security

While the current United States administration focuses on the border crisis, the threat to our election security is largely ignored. A Republican majority Senate has blocked two election security efforts.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Election Security, England, Voting Technology

Citizens to Vote on Religiously-Themed Alabama Constitution Changes

by Jenny Oak Tree - October 31, 2018

Religiously-Themed Alabama Constitution Changes

The colorful amendments presented to citizens in this year’s midterm elections in Alabama are again showing why they have come to influence how Alabamians are known across the country.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American State Elections, Direct Democracy and Referendums, Religion and Democracy

Why the Government Must Act on Social Media Election Regulations

by Jenny Oak Tree - September 19, 2018

Social Media Election Regulations

Election meddling is easier than before and regulation of social media is more muddled than ever. Private companies like Facebook have little chance of standing up to Russia’s intelligence services alone.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Internet and Democracy, Journalism and Free Speech, Social Media and Democracy, Spying and Privacy, Voting Technology

On Bob Woodward and the Anonymous New York Times Op Ed

by Jenny Oak Tree - September 7, 2018

Anonymous New York Times Op Ed

Trump’s world is rife for psychoanalysis not only of himself but of the state of America. Yet the only service we do for the country is voting, canvassing, calling, and convincing our friends and family to vote and canvass and call.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American Corruption, Journalism and Free Speech

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Florida Doesn’t Need a Speech Czar

By Steve Schneider June 28, 2022

Full disclosure: I’m a liberal Democrat. So, I won’t be sending in my vote-by-mail ballot for Ron DeSantis in November. Nor will I vote for him in 2024.

Introducing: When The People Decide

By Jenna Spinelle June 25, 2022

Several activists and average citizens have changed their communities and the country by taking important issues directly to votes.

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Democracy’s Summer Blockbusters

By Jenna Spinelle June 8, 2022

The summer will be legally and politically charged particularly with the January 6 committee hearings scheduled to begin June 9.

Can American Democracy Have Nice Things?

By Jenna Spinelle June 7, 2022

Universal voting would be the surest way to protect against voter suppression and the active disenfranchisement of a large share of our citizens.

PODCAST: Baby Boomers And American Gerontocracy

By Jenna Spinelle May 23, 2022

Older and younger voters are increasingly at odds: Republicans as a whole skew gray-haired, and within the Democratis, the left-leaning youth vote.

A Dangerous Reprise Of American Exceptionalism In Ukraine

By Jamie Lampidis May 15, 2022

The stakes are too high to cave into Putin’s phantasmatic imperial play, and too high to believe that this war can be won by arming Ukrainians.

On The Coming End Of Roe v. Wade

By Peter J. Dellolio May 11, 2022

Anyone who says that the evolution of law has nothing to do with politics is either very corrupt or very stupid. Laws evolved through the centuries.

Goodbye Roe v. Wade, Goodbye Rule Of Law

By Andrew Straw May 5, 2022

Congress should impeach judges who act like that because it is not good behavior, and they were asked not to act that way when they were confirmed.

PODCAST: Debating The Future Of Debates

By Jenna Spinelle May 4, 2022

We love a good debate — and have certainly had plenty of them on this show. But how effective are they in today’s media and political landscape?

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India: Why Are Punjab Political Singers Under Attack?

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The murder of Sidhu Moose Wala has brought attention to the link between Punjabi music and India’s cross-border criminal networks.

University Educated Less Likely To Endorse Authoritarianism

University Educated Less Likely To Endorse Authoritarianism

June 4, 2022

Higher education is now seen as a new political cleavage, with level of education increasingly important in describing political attitudes.

From Cake To Volunteers, Welcome To Australia’s Democracy Day

From Cake To Volunteers, Welcome To Australia’s Democracy Day

May 25, 2022

The atmosphere in the interstate polling booth in Sydney’s inner east resembled that of an emergency room waiting for a donor organ.

Kenyan 'Cartooning For Peace' To Draw Africa Towards Democracy

Kenyan ‘Cartooning For Peace’ To Draw Africa Towards Democracy

May 17, 2022

Cartooning is an art that has been playing a major role in illustrating stories in different ways, from health to politics, and even sports.

Anxious Leaders Influence Their Followers' Anxiety, Even Online

Anxious Leaders Influence Their Followers’ Anxiety, Even Online

May 17, 2022

Organizational leader’s tweets can influence employee anxieties and this effect is more prominent since the rise of COVID-19, study.

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