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2020 Election: A Divided Congress (with Ben Bishin)

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So they have to come to an agreement.” - Ben Bishin on the topic of how the Senate will function these next two years given that there are 50 sitting Republicans and 50 sitting Democrats. There are 28 states that have seen legislatures introduce bills that are attempting to restrict the ability of people to vote.

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2020 Election: A Divided Congress (with Ben Bishin)

Policy Chats

Ben Bishin on the topic of how the Senate will function these next two years given that there are 50 sitting Republicans and 50 sitting Democrats. There are 28 states that have seen legislatures introduce bills that are attempting to restrict the ability of people to vote. So they have to come to an agreement.”. -

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

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He also convincingly demonstrates how movements can affect various spheres of life, such as personal lives, policy reforms and political culture. After that, opinions and reports clash on this topic from one theorist to another. Complexity is perhaps the one thing that social movement theorists DO agree on.