a research, teaching, & policy collaboration
posted on by Shivanni Babu
University of Chicago Tagged With: COVID-19, Executive Aggrandizement, Trump, United States of America
Since the start of 2020, the COVID-19 virus has rapidly enveloped the world, creating crises across nations. For many governments, crises offer the perfect environment for aspiring autocrats to …
Continue Reading about Executive Aggrandizement in the Time of COVID-19 →
posted on by Matthew Bonanno
University of Chicago Tagged With: Belarus
On August 8, 2020, Belarusians flocked to the polls to vote in their most contested presidential election since 1994. Going into the election, the incumbent, Alexander Lukashenka received a torrent of …
Continue Reading about Revolutions in Belarus: A New Strategy for Fighting New Authoritarians? →
posted on by Kristene Loaiza
University of Chicago Tagged With: United States of America
Many US citizens currently live in the era of slanted media. Citizens question the legitimacy of the US government and opposing parties, and this has caused the quality of democracy to decline. The …
posted on by Nicholas Shvets
In 2016, the election of Donald Trump heralded in an age of unprecedented domestic anxiety. The electorate was bitterly divided between the perception of the president as the downfall and the savior …
Continue Reading about International Trade: The Looming Executive →
posted on by Timmy Lee
University of Chicago Tagged With: elections, gerrymandering, Iowa, partisan politics, partisanship, redistricting, United States, United States democracy
On June 27, 2019, the US Supreme Court gave its ruling on two significant cases called Lamone v. Benisek and Rucho v. Common Cause. The reason why I am linking these two Supreme Court cases together …
Continue Reading about Why Gerrymandering Is a Danger to American Democracy →
posted on by Julianna Rossi
News stories on voter suppression have been a common sight during this election cycle. In early October, Texas governor Greg Abbott (R) ordered that each county will have only one ballot drop box …
