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Donald Trump’s Push to Question Election Legitimacy: Are Populist Tactics a Threat to Democracy?

What was meant to be a peaceful transition of power from the 45th to the 46th President of the United States turned into a doubting of the...

Since social media's rise in the early 2000s, the world has witnessed the rise and fall of big tech’s claim to aid democracy through increased...

On January 6, 2021, American democracy changed for the worse. The norm of a peaceful transition of power had been shattered as rioters stormed...

Under the six-year term of Duterte’s authoritarian-populist presidency in the Philippines, democracy has been threatened through the censorship...

Trudeau has faced criticism for invoking Canada's Emergencies Act, but his move doesn't necessarily signal democratic erosion. Brett Gundlock for...

On February 7th, 2022, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the state of Alabama could move forward with a congressional district map that...

Countless Americans were left stunned after a Trump victory in 2016, with the majority of news outlets and polls predicting a win for Democratic...

How Malaysia fell victim to stealth authoritarianism in the midst of the pandemic, and what us Malaysians should can do moving forward. The...

As long as now-infamous leader Jair Bolsonaro has been in power, both Brazilian and foreign experts have warned of the threat he and his...