Updates | The Week of August 21, 2017

Ian Eppler // 8/24/17 // Topic Update

The rise of “cheap speech” through the internet is endangering American democracy, argues Richard L. Hansen at the Los Angeles Times.
Small donors offer President Trump a security blanket as he balances historically low approval ratings with record-breaking fundraising (Bloomberg).

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