Are journalists serving Virginia's voters well? Election could offer insights on media on national level

In a democracy, we the people are supposed to be guiding the ship of state together. To do that, we need to be able to talk to one another, which suggests that engagement, rather than confrontation, can be a civic act. It can also be an act of friendship, because one thing we want to do is to save our friends from making serious mistakes. Just bear

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“crisis on our hands when it comes to civics education.”5 For O’Connor, the failure of high school students to understand the American system of checks and balances clearly indicates that we are failing to prepare young people to participate in civic life. The wide gap in voter turnout between people under thirty and those above—generally around 20

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