Elections are supposed to be about the future—about hopes, policies, and the quiet, stubborn faith that a vote can change things. But this time, something felt different. When NORDIS, one of fifteen EDMO Hubs, teamed up with its Swedish partners, Källkritikbyrån and the Fojo Media Institute, they didn’t just watch the ballots; they watched the noise around the ballots. Looking back at this election season, they found a landscape crowded with suspicion and illusion: persistent claims of election interference, quiet whispers of voter fraud, and an unsettling wave of AI-generated content blurring the line between what was real and what…

It was the kind of announcement that makes everyone in a school system stop and hold their breath—teachers, bus drivers, counselors, and the families who count on them. When the Clark County School District, the fifth-largest in the nation, recently revealed that it needed to claw back more than $51 million in the middle of the school year, it wasn’t just a bureaucratic line item causing anxiety. It meant that thousands of educators could potentially lose their livelihoods and thousands of students could find their classrooms suddenly different, with fewer teachers, larger class sizes, and fewer support services. The panic…