Senegal: Not As Democratic As We Thought
At the beginning of March, Senegal experienced one of its most violent protests in recent history. The protests were a response to the arrest of...
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In God We Trust (But Maybe Don’t): Evengelical Vaccine Resistance and Democratic Deconsolidation
As life slowly returns to normalcy, a menacing roadblock stands in the way of fully mitigating the Pandemic: Evangelical Christians. According to...
Water Bottles, Georgia, and the GOP: Warning Signs for the Nation
SONY DSC The United States has a long and sullied history of restricting the right to vote. While the Constitution was certainly revolutionary at...
Division: A Commentary on the Political Climate of Modern Times
PHOTOGRAPH: KENT NISHIMURA/GETTY IMAGES I recently read Ian Bremmer’s article from Time Magazine titled The U.S. Capitol Riot Was Years in...
Georgia’s New Voting Law: An Expansion of Liberties or a Threat to Democracy?
On March 25th, The Washington Post published an article titled “Georgia governor signs into law sweeping voting bill that curtails the use of...
A Response to “The Aftermath of a Populist Leader in a Democracy”
This is a blog post in response to the article by Sarah Penkava titled “The Aftermath of a Populist Leader in a Democracy”, published on the 3rd...
Why Far Right Propaganda Became a Threat to Democracy
Burke is correct in claiming that the issues of far-right political beliefs have been an unfortunate constant in the United States for decades....
“Moral Clarity”, Social Identity Theory, and Political Polarization: How Morality Politics Are Used By Populists to Erode Democratic Processes
Many of us in the United States rely on our values to guide our everyday decisions. In addition, morality has always played a role in American...