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Penn students get convention access in extraordinary political times

Undergrads who attended the Republican or Democratic convention this summer are breaking down their experiences during the Conventions, Debates, and Campaigns course, taught by David Eisenhower, Marjorie Margolies, and Craig Snyder.

The U.S. spies who sound the alarm about election interference

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that the Foreign Malign Influence Center’s warnings about election interference are being drowned out by partisan noise.

People are used to seeing death. Why were TMZ’s Liam Payne photos too much?

Jessica M. Fishman of the Annenberg School for Communication and Perelman School of Medicine says that even highly sanitized images of death in the news ignite disgust and outrage, despite death’s prevalence in American media.

Trump keeps calling Harris ‘stupid,’ offending many voters

Marjorie Margolies of the Annenberg School for Communication praises Kamala Harris’ handling of insults to her intelligence from Donald Trump.

Harris, Trump court suburban Pennsylvania voters in path to White House

Marjorie Margolies of the Annenberg School for Communication says that many people are more comfortable voting for a white man than voting for a woman.

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson knows about working with people you disagree with—and learned this strategy from her own mentor

According to a poll from the Annenberg Public Policy Center, more than half of Americans currently disapprove of the Supreme Court.

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How synthetic nicotine brands market e-cigarettes to young people on social media

A study finds that most ads for e-cigarettes on Instagram, a platform dominated by users under the age of 25, do not adhere to FDA health warning requirements.

As justices return to work, public confidence in high court wanes

A survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that 56 percent of Americans disapprove somewhat of the Supreme Court.

Graph shows how Americans’ trust in SCOTUS is falling

A survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that the American public has less trust in the U.S. Supreme Court now than it did before the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022.

Bruised Supreme Court returns to bench with possible election cases looming

Only 44% of respondents in a survey conducted by the Annenberg Public Policy Center expressed trust that the Supreme Court would act in their best interests.

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