COVID-19: Another Blow to American Democracy
The Coronavirus, or COVID-19 pandemic, is an unprecedented global infectious disease disaster. The initial outbreak was in Wuhan, China at the...
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Paranoid Politics in the Time of COVID-19
The past few months have seen a rapid escalation in cases of the novel coronavirus disease in the United States. The U.S.’ first case of the...
What Hitler’s Rise to Power can Teach us About Victor Orban
On Monday, March 30th, the Hungarian Parliament voted to give the Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, the right to rule by decree indefinitely. The...
COVID-19 Pushes Hungarian Democracy to its Breaking Point
The COVID-19 pandemic has killed 80,000 people and counting as of writing...
Republicans’ Opposition to Vote-by-Mail Shines Light on Voter Suppression Efforts
As the coronavirus ravages the United States, it’s not only endangering the lives of thousands of Americans, but also the foundations of American...
A $15 Million Bounty on a Narcoterrorist Dictator – Is US Intervention Really Helping?
Venezuela has been going through a twenty year long political and economic rough patch. Beginning with Hugo Chavez in 1998 and now with Nicolas...
Power Hungary: Viktor Orbán’s Power Grab in the Coronavirus Pandemic
Since being elected as Prime Minister in 2010, Viktor Orbán has led Hungary down a road toward authoritarianism, but recently, in the wake of the...
COVID-19 is Strengthening Federalism in America, a Key Combatant of Democratic Erosion
Many scholars have argued that American democracy has been slowly decaying, culminating in the election of populist Donald Trump. Political...
Death Sentence: Wisconsin’s Democratic Primary Spells Trouble for American Democracy
As the 2020 Democratic Primary season ramped up, the bloated field of candidates quickly collapsed to two as frontrunners Joe Biden and Bernie...