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The United States’ reputation as an exemplar of democracy appears to be eroding. In a poll taken earlier this year, almost three-quarters of U.S. respondents agreed that the country’s democracy “used ...

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More than 80 Nobel Prize winners from a variety of scientific fields endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president, ...

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Juan Gilbert, chair of UF’s Department of Computer & Information Science and Engineering, called the appointment a ...

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