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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.

On Finding Teachable Moments From the Trump Era

by Jenny Oak Tree - June 30, 2018

Finding Teachable Moments

My greatest fear is that we have not resolved the very issues that led to Trump’s election. We have spent the greater part of the last two years yelling into a cyber hole and creating more divisions.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Journalism and Free Speech, Racism and Prejudice, Republicans

The New York Times Stereotypes Southerners, Again

by Jenny Oak Tree - June 7, 2018

New York Times Stereotypes Southerners

The South isn’t as backwards as one assumes. There are millennials with a passion for social justice, black women who are working corporate jobs, and white blue collars in rural Alabama working in factories.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: African-American Voting Rights, Journalism and Free Speech, Minority Voting Rights, Racism and Prejudice, Republicans

Why Barack and Michelle Obama Have Joined Netflix

by Jenny Oak Tree - May 29, 2018

Barack and Michelle Obama

Many in America are in a state of shock and desensitization as a result of Trump’s presidency. Like anyone in shock, we look for our savior. At this point, many on the left have looked to the Obamas.

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

On Political Satire at the White House Correspondents Dinner

by Jenny Oak Tree - May 3, 2018

White House Correspondents Dinner

Can a comedian speak out on the issues related to the media? Can a comedian speak out on the injustices occurring in America? Can a comedian speak out about what he or she deems are the most important issues?

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Journalism and Free Speech, Political Comedy

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey is playing a dangerous game

by Jenny Oak Tree - April 25, 2018

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey

The juxtaposition of Kay Ivey promoting the validity of Confederate statues with the first monument dedicated to the era Alabama wants to forget, that of lynching mobs and racial terror is odd and uniquely Alabamian.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: African-American Voting Rights, American State Elections, Racism and Prejudice

Why Former First Lady Dianne Bentley is Alabama’s Feminist Icon

by Jenny Oak Tree - April 21, 2018

Former First Lady Dianne Bentley

Bentley is a proud conservative Christian who made a choice in the face of everything she went through to leave a cheating spouse. By all accounts, while the world is trying desperately to promote women, we have a feminist icon in our midst

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Feminism, Religion and Democracy, Women Voting Rights

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Can Pranksters Save Democracy?

By Jenna Spinelle April 20, 2021

Our guests this week offer a framework for effective nonviolent organizing by trapping authority figures between a rock and a hard place.

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By Ngah Gabriel April 13, 2021

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By Jenna Spinelle April 13, 2021

Our guest this week argues that, much like democracy itself, public education is an ideal that we’ve never quite lived up to.

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