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Now the Electoral College votes for president – 4 essential reads

The voters have cast their ballots, and after those ballots have been counted, and a winner has been projected by news organizations, that’s not the conclusion of the election. The actual outcom...

Jeff Inglis, Politics + Society Editor, The Conversation US - avatar Jeff Inglis, Politics + Society Editor, The Conversation US

What Buddhism can teach in this moment of deep divisions: No person is ‘evil,’ only ‘mistaken’

The three wise monkeys, embodying the proverbial principle from Buddhist philosophy: 'See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.'Natallia Pershaj/iStock/Getty images plusDemocracy depends upon using wo...

Jeremy David Engels, Professor of Communication, Penn State - avatar Jeremy David Engels, Professor of Communication, Penn State

2024’s quick win for Trump will go down in the history books alongside 1964 and 1980 Election Day landslides

Voters line up to cast their ballots at a voting location in Bethlehem, Pa., on Nov. 5, 2024. Samuel Corum/AFP via Getty Images Election nights are always simultaneous moments of triumph and tragedy. ...

Shannon Bow O'Brien, Associate Professor of Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin - avatar Shannon Bow O'Brien, Associate Professor of Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin

Is the election making you feel adrift and wobbly? That’s ‘zozobra’ – and Mexican philosophers have some advice

Is it a lovely autumn day, or is America burning to the ground?Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesEver had the feeling that you can’t make sense of what’s happening? One mome...

Carlos Alberto Sánchez, Professor of Philosophy, San José State University - avatar Carlos Alberto Sánchez, Professor of Philosophy, San José State University

What poll watchers can − and can’t − do on Election Day

Poll watchers keep an eye on voting in Georgia in November 2022.AP Photo/Ben GrayWhen most people think of their experience of voting in person, they may remember other voters at the polls, or the har...

Mollie J. Cohen, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Purdue University - avatar Mollie J. Cohen, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Purdue University