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posted on by Marissa Linn
University of Chicago Tagged With: fake news, Polarization, Republican Party, Trumpism, United States
Even though the 2020 Presidential Election was called on November 14th, escaping election news seems impossible. The last week has seen Trump's legal team file a plethora of lawsuits over supposed …
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posted on by Anthony Stenzel
University of Chicago Tagged With: India, South Asia
Narendra Modi’s time as Prime Minister of India has been watched closely by the world as escalations have heightened with Pakistan in recent years. Modi has enacted many policies and actions that are …
posted on by Kathryn Olsen
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/opinion/texas-voter-suppression.html Civic Engagement I joined the JFK library's conference about the 19th Amendment and voting rights today. This conference …
posted on by Alex Castro
University of Chicago Tagged With: American Democracy, Gridlock, Polarization, pork-barrel spending
While ostensibly a positive effort against corruption, the voluntary banning of pork-barrel spending has contributed to the erosion of American democracy by encouraging hyperpolarization on the elite …
posted on by Hugo Barrillon
University of Chicago Tagged With: Central Europe, Europe, European Union, hungary, viktor orban
Incentives are everything. Since its founding in 1993, the European Union (EU) has understood this and become a master of soft power pressure and incentive-based democratic reforms. Indeed, as much as …
posted on by Tyler Woolf
This past week, The United States underwent one of the most tense elections in our history. The probability of violence with the victory of either candidate was strong. Cities all across the country …
