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Voter Suppression – An Open Threat to American Democracy

Election fraud has been one of the most prominent political talking points of the past four years, and the very crux of a democracy is free and...

Chile is frequently considered the gem of democracy in Latin American, but recent protests reveal that Chile’s democracy is unstable and rapidly...

Donald Trump, Adolf Hitler, and Joesph Stalin. What do they all have in common? An authoritarian vision. It may seem foolish and dramatic to...

The rise of a Populist leader often marks the beginning of a period of democratic erosion in any democracy. In the case of Italy, the far-right...

Colombia has been infamously plagued with terrorism and narco-warfare by consequence of different socialistic guerillas in the country; and these...

U.S. citizens are losing faith in democratic institutions. According to Gallup polling during January 2nd through the 15th, only 23% of Americans...

In recent years, fears surrounding the legitimacy of elections has resulted in greater partisan conflict in the United States. The nation has...

It is generally believed that checks and balances are fundamental to protecting a democracy from backsliding into a more authoritarian style of...