Patrick Walsh - Democratic Erosion

A Nobel Laureate Suspended, A Journalist Jailed: Tunisia’s Slide into Competitive Authoritarianism

On April 24, 2026, Tunisian President Kais Saied’s government suspended the Tunisian League for Human Rights (LTDH). This organization shared the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize for its role in saving the...

Before the Ballot Arrives: Trump’s Mail Voting Order and the Capture of Election Infrastructure

Suffolk University

By March 24th, Donald Trump had voted by mail in a special election to fill a seat in Florida’s lower chamber. A week later, he signed an executive order directing the federal government to control...

In Illinois, Donors Narrowed Democracy… Again

Suffolk University

Before Illinois voters cast a single ballot on March 17th, outside money had already been working to decide who they would get to choose from. Roughly $125 million poured into five major Democratic...