Democracy is Eroding in El Salvador, but Who is Concerned?
The self-proclaimed “world’s coolest dictator”, Nayib Bukele, won presidential re-election in El Salvador in February of this year, extending his...
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“Handmaid’s Tale is not a tutorial!”: Reproductive Rights as a Mechanism for Reversing Democratic Backsliding in Poland and the United States
Before October of 2023, Freedom House described Poland as having “the swiftest democratic decline in the [European] region.” The far-right,...
How Nationalism Saves Democracy
It is in the comforting sound of your mother tongue, the aroma of a home-cooked traditional meal, shared celebrations, and the beauty of our...
La Ultraderecha: Is Spain’s Vox an Example of Right-Wing Populism?
On December 17, 2013, Santiago Abascal established the Spanish political organization Vox, which the New York Times describes as “nationalism at...
“Disinformation Board”: US Government Approaches 1st Amendment Encroachments As Threats to Tech Monopolies Intensify
At the end of last month the Biden administration unveiled a new “Disinformation Board” within the Department of Homeland Security, aimed at...
The Patriotic Bill: A Fundamentally Unpatriotic and Antidemocratic Tool to Promote Authoritarian Control in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s ruling party since the 1980s, The Zimbabwe African National Union — Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF)’s, appeals to democracy and national...
Fear and Loathing in Tucker Carlson Tonight: How the Fox News Host Builds on the Emotions of the American Right
The rise of former U.S. President Donald Trump spawned a veritable cottage industry of books purported to offer confused Trump opponents insight...
Producing the Monopoly of Violence: Police Unions and Democracy
Unions are designed to create power, using a variety of tools that can only be achieved with collective action: the threat of strikes, lawsuits,...
Voting with the Head or the Heart? Empathy as a Tool to Promote Discourse
American politics has entered what is likely the most polarized era in its history (1). According to Pew Research’s studies, about 85% of...