On February 16th, a few hours after the polls opened for municipal elections in the Dominican Republic, voting machine malfunctions caused the election to be called off. The voting machines left …
Paranoia in America’s Political System
According to both Richard J. Hofstadter's work titled The Paranoid Style in American Politics and the Miriam-Webster dictionary, "Webster defines paranoia, the clinical entity, as a chronic mental …
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COVID-19: Another Blow to American Democracy
The Coronavirus, or COVID-19 pandemic, is an unprecedented global infectious disease disaster. The initial outbreak was in Wuhan, China at the end of 2019, but it has since spread all over the world, …
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Paranoid Politics in the Time of COVID-19
The past few months have seen a rapid escalation in cases of the novel coronavirus disease in the United States. The U.S.’ first case of the virus was reported in mid-January and since then, confirmed …
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What Hitler’s Rise to Power can Teach us About Victor Orban
On Monday, March 30th, the Hungarian Parliament voted to give the Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, the right to rule by decree indefinitely. The decision, which was a response to the increasingly urgent …
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COVID-19 Pushes Hungarian Democracy to its Breaking Point
The COVID-19 pandemic has killed 80,000 people and counting as of writing this piece. The international crisis has marred the …
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