As we collectively wait for the polls to close and the results of the 2024 presidential election, we’re finding a reprieve in the good ole’ Internet. On X, Instagram, and TikTok people are jumping ...

Election Day 2024 is here, and while we’re all anxiously awaiting the results, the memes are already delivering some much-needed comic relief. With so many people glued to the polls, Twitter and ...

Almost immediately after the UK general election was called on May 22, the meme war began. Social media campaigns from both the Labour and Conservative parties shared hundreds of memes, from Labour’s ...

Rowan Ashley Smith has often been described as "a multi-hyphenate about town." He loves work that connects him to his cultures as a gay, Jewish, multiracial trans man. Before breaking into journalism, ...

It's Election Day in the US and this one's a doozy. The Presidential race has been a nightmare going on for nearly two years. If the threat of a Donald Trump presidency for the third straight election ...

As Australia begins voting in the federal election, we’re awash with political messages. While this of course includes the typical paid ads in newspapers and on TV (those ones with the infamously fast ...

Tomorrow is the last day to vote in the midterm elections, and people are comparing their feels for the 2018 election to their emotions leading up to the 2016 presidential election. Some very ...

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Americans and millions around the world are anxiously awaiting the final results of the 2020 election. After long and sleepless nights, we still don't know who is going to win states with razor-thin ...

The US election showed shades of the meme-stock mania of early 2021. Elon Musk and Mark Cuban featured, traders bet big, and young men played key roles. An analyst said that "the target list has grown ...

Perhaps you’ve heard — maybe even on this show — that generative artificial intelligence has the potential to supercharge mis- and disinformation in our elections. A bad actor could use AI tools to ...