Up to 800,000 hectares of the unique Chiquitano forest were burned to the ground in Bolivia between August 18 and August 23. That's more forest than is usually destroyed across the country in two years. Experts say that it ...
Environment
Aug 26, 2019
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A warning about the threat of political violence heading into the 2022 midterm elections was issued to state and local law enforcement officials by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Oct. 28, 2022.
Social Sciences
Nov 3, 2022
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A Homeland Security Department official says hackers have targeted the voter registration systems of more than 20 states in recent months.
Security
Sep 30, 2016
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American voters are facing the unprecedented prospect of electing a new president amid a global pandemic. Already, the COVID-19 crisis has led some states to cancel in-person voting in favor of voting by mail, while other ...
Political science
Apr 16, 2020
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Imagine you went to your basement and dusted off the laptop or mobile phone that you used in 2002. What would happen if you tried to turn it on? We don't have to guess. Around the country this election year, people are going ...
Other
Apr 4, 2016
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Democratic backsliding is occurring in an unprecedented number of wealthy countries once thought immune to such forces—the United States among them, finds a new analysis led by Cornell political scientists and published ...
Political science
Jan 17, 2024
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A new study examined how well American states are using Internet-based platforms to disseminate electoral information and communicate with voters. The study, which focused on website information provided on electoral administrators' ...
Political science
Apr 14, 2020
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The FBI is warning state officials to boost their election security in light of evidence that hackers breached related data systems in two states.
Security
Aug 29, 2016
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With the Electoral College set on Dec. 19 to cement the results of Donald Trump's presidential win, UC Berkeley statistician Philip Stark is calling for an audit to double-check that hackers did not manipulate the results.
Security
Nov 23, 2016
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With the midterm congressional primaries about to go into full swing, the Department of Homeland Security has completed security reviews of election systems in only about half the states that have requested them so far.
Security
May 8, 2018
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