Driving through rural Pennsylvania on Nov. 7, you’d have no idea a major presidential election was just announced. It was calm and quiet, in spite of the fact…
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Through Mail and in Person, Students Prepared to Face Voting Complications for the 2020 Election
With remote classes this semester, New School student voters are dispersed across the country and adjusted their voting plans accordingly. Students took precautions when voting absentee, worried that…
Why Pennsylvania Is the Most Difficult State to Win During a Presidential Election
Pennsylvania is a charismatic, bumbling and diverse state that confuses the hell out of everyone: including its residents. I should know, since I am one of them. It’s…
Professors Talk Trump and the “Post-Truth” Era
A previous version of this article misstated the college where Professor Nina Khruscheva works. Khruscheva works at the Schools of Public Engagement, not the New School for Social…
Parsons Professor David Carroll Seeks Transparency from Cambridge Analytica
Scores of Facebook users have closed their accounts in response to news that user data was leaked to Cambridge Analytica. Parsons Associate Professor of Media Design David Carroll,…
Parsons Professor Launches Legal Battle With Trump Campaign’s Data Collection Firm
Parsons professor David Carroll is taking to court a large data collection company that targeted voters for the Trump campaign in the 2016 presidential election because he believes…