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States Push to Combat AI Threat to Elections

This year’s presidential election will be the first since generative AI — a form of artificial intelligence that can create new content, including images, audio, and video — became widely available. That’s raising fears that millions of voters could be deceived by a barrage of political deepfakes.

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Women Are the Force for Democratic Renewal Worldwide

Never before would so many people worldwide heed Bob Marley’s rousing anthem to “Stand up for your rights” — particularly the most basic, central right in a democracy — the right to vote.

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How Powerful Women Leaders Communicate

There are two sets of qualities that people look for in leaders: warmth/likeability/empathy and power/confidence/authority. While women often excel in displaying warmth (which shows up in their influence and collaboration skills), they may hesitate to directly seek or show power.

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Goose Creek Puts Spotlight on Women

This past March 8, in honor of International Women’s Day, the city of Goose Creek spotlighted the women on its city council. Councilwoman Melissa Enos-Sims has served on the city council since 2020 and is also a U.S. Navy Veteran. Sims recently took on the position of Lowcountry Director of Outreach with S.C. Women Lead, a multipartisan organization that encourages women to become informed and engage in public issues.

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The Supreme Court Seems Bitterly Divided. Two Female Justices Say Otherwise.

The bitter confirmation battle was behind her, and Amy Coney Barrett was the nation’s newest Supreme Court justice — a conservative protégé of the late Antonin Scalia whose antiabortion bona fides helped make her President Donald Trump’s pick to cement a 6-3 supermajority.