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Threats to American Democracy

Since the 2024 election and the inauguration of Donald Trump (and dating back to the 2016 election), democracy in the United States, along with...

In the mere three weeks following his inauguration, President Donald Trump has ushered in a range of feelings across the nation regarding, what...

One reading I’d like to touch on is Chapter One of Levitsky and Ziblatt’s book, “How Democracies Die”. At first, I didn’t understand why the...

In October 2024, mass protests erupted across the nation of Georgia following the release of highly contested election results that extended the...

President Trump has spent the first weeks of his administration enacting firm executive orders and appointing allies to key government positions....

Euphemism as defined by Merriam Webster “the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something...

On December 3, 2024, South Korean President Yoon Seok Yeol declared martial law, causing widespread panic throughout the nation. His declaration...

Although there have been numerous more significant, overarching levels of democratic erosion displayed by the Trump administration, examining the...

In the United States’ hyper-polarized political environment, endorsements that cross party lines are relatively rare. Yet in 2024, several...