Electric Cars: Are They As Safe As The Planet Needs Them To Be?
For car drivers, looking for a low maintenance alternative to their gas-powered car, electric cars offer many advantages. However, if you are...
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Benin: How Elections Led to Democratic Backsliding
Patrice Talon (L) is handed a national flag during his swearing in as president of Benin at Charles de Gaulle Stadium in the capital Porto-Novo...
DeSantis Assumes Control of Redistricting in Florida
In recent weeks, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis achieved a major victory in the state’s redistricting process following an announcement by...
Going Nuclear, and Its Threats to American Democracy
In 2013, United States Senate Democrats went nuclear. That is, they changed the rules so that it would take only a simple majority to override a...
The Radical Right Has Found a New Home: Rumble
Media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube have cracked down on the spread of misinformation and far-right conspiracy theories after...
Conspiracy in American Politics: QAnon Steps Up to the Political Stage
QAnon, a political conspiracy movement, has grown in popularity in recent years among political right extremists. According to the Grid...
“At Once Pro-Choice and Pro-Life:” What Recent Radical Changes in Abortion Law Mean for Democracy At Large
An article in the April 16th, 2022 issue of The Economist, “What Happens If America’s Supreme...
The Era of Misinformation: Social Media and Political Discourse’s Strained Relationship
The New York Times’s article “Barack Obama Takes On a New Role: Fighting Disinformation” by Steven Lee Myers and Cecilia Kang presents the new...
Democratic Backsliding in Tunisia: The Lone Democracy in the Arab World
Emerging as a democracy after the Arab Spring, Tunisia was a source of hope and a leading example for the development of democracy in the Arab...