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John Adams, Donald Trump, and the Painful Saga of American Authoritarianism by Eli Kramer

On January 27th of 2017, seated in front of the Presidential Seal, U.S President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 13769, barring any citizen...

Just over a month ago, President Donald Trump remarked to a group of reporters that, “…my actings are doing really great… I sort of like...

In the months leading up to and following Donald Trump receiving the official nomination as the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, it was...

On May 22nd 1998, a referendum determined that a majority of Northern Ireland’s population wished to remain a part of the United Kingdom. The...

The increasing polarization in the American two-party system may be a step towards democratic erosion. By Adelyn Davidson The democratic system...

During the final Presidential debate of the 2016 election, then candidate Donald Trump alarmed pundits and politicians alike as he declined to...

Within the past few days, Serbia has been downgraded by democracy watchdog Freedom House from a “free” country to a “partly free” country. This...

Ivory Coast is in a clearly defined erosion of their democracy. Democratic erosion is a gradual process that transpires when elected leaders...

As Nigerians prepare to cast votes for the presidency, recent actions by sitting President Muhammadu Buhari and the history of his main electoral...