The Republican National Convention’s censure of Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for their participation in the congressional committee investigating the January 6th attack on the United States Capitol …
The Filibuster: How a Centuries-Old Loophole is Damaging Democracy
White supremacists, homophobic zealots, and other discriminatory, anti-democratic ideologues have a powerful tool in the American Senate. That tool is the filibuster. The filibuster allows a minority …
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The US Electoral Count Act: An Avenue for Authoritarianism
“Congress shall be in session on the sixth day of January succeeding every meeting of the electors” - Electoral Count Act The Electoral Count Act Most Americans know about the …
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No Longer Black and White and Read All Over: How the Disappearance of America’s Local News Threatens Our Democracy
Thousands of local newspapers have disappeared across the United States over the past 15 years. Half of U.S. counties have only one local paper — and some have none at all. This decline of local …
Chinese Spies and the “China Initiative”: How Protection From Foreign Threats Can Harm Our Democracy
On January 20th of this year, the Justice Department dropped all of its charges against Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Gang Chen, conceding that their evidence no longer met the …
Death of the Filibuster and What it Means for Democracy in America
United States Senate Floor While democracy in the United States has never been perfect, it has been a model for the rest of the world. Yet, lately, it seems like there may be reason to worry about …
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Gerrymandering: Redistricting Done Wrong
Every ten years, the United States is required by the Constitution to take a count of all of the people that are living within its borders. This is known as the census and has happened every decade …
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Is Europe’s Migrant Crisis a Potential Threat to Finnish Democracy? Abby Nutter @ The Ohio State University
Immigration is a hot button topic that has an resounding effect on the world. While it’s easy to focus on the immigration issues in the U.S. this article clearly demonstrates the ongoing contention …