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COVID-19 in the United States: One Nation, Divided with Polarization and Misinformation for All

Conspiracies during the COVID-19 pandemic directly increased pre-existing polarization, but it also contributed directly to the polarization of...

Florida's governor, Ron DeSantis, has been in the news many times as of late, but most recently for his proposed redistricting map. While it...

Faced with the threat of a no-confidence vote in parliament that he was likely to lose, Prime Minister Imran Khan, in an attempt to block his...

French President Emmanuel Macron is going to face off against far-right challenger Marine Le Pen on Sunday in France's second round presidential...

What Putin's actions during the Russo-Ukrainian, Russo-Georgian, and Second Chechen war tell us about the threats he poses to Democracy worldwide...

Europe has enough democratic threats currently underway, but we cannot lose focus on efforts of democratic backsliding happening in France. With...

Many would characterize India as the world’s largest democracy. Even the current Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has called India “The mother of...

Discussions of democratic erosion tend to focus on the negative: obstacles facing pro-democratic movements, the rise of populism, or the horrific...

The recent Russian invasion of Ukraine has dominated political discussions shifting the focus of the world towards Eastern Europe as the current...