A data-rich analysis of how the four inter-related crises of 2020 -- the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic collapse and K-shaped recovery, the clashes over the legacy of racism and policing, and assaults on the legitimacy of democratic institutions (abetted by conspiracy theories) -- shaped not only the 2020 election, but also the future of our democracy. The 2020 election cycle was one of the most tumultuous in the nation's history. Early in the cycle, a global pandemic hit...

The Disinformers uncovers the people and the organizations behind the disinformation campaigns that began on social media with the 2016 U.S. presidential election and reached a violent crescendo with the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Edited by social media researcher Lance Porter, this vital collection of interdisciplinary scholarship analyzes how foreign interference destabilized political conversations, stoked racial tensions, and spread disinformation across ...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A shadow warrior. A secret life. A story the world was never meant to hear.For 25 years, he lived in silence.Leading classified missions. Capturing high-value targets.Preventing catastrophic terror attacks across the globe without recognition, without glory.This is not fiction.This is the true story of a man and his team, an elite unit operating deep inside enemy territory to stop threats before they ever made th...