Civic Virtue

Bad information and distrust of institutions can chip away at our commitment to democracy.

Voter registration drive at the 10th annual hike of the Lafitte Greenway in New Orleans. Here's Lynne Serpe working the table at Second Line Brewing. Wikimedia Commons.

I was a Media Analyst at Media Matters for America from Fall 2020 to Spring 2022. In that time, I saw obscene media spectacles that bewildered and offended me. In retrospect, Americans th…