Presidential Executive Order Overload and Their Harmful Impacts
The number of presidential executive orders per year has reached a record high since Jimmy Carter’s presidency. An executive order, as...
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Every Ten Years, Politicians in the U.S. Redraw Maps – and it’s Killing Democracy
Following the conclusion of the 2020 Census in the United States, all fifty...
Are Mail-in Ballots Detrimental to American Democracy?
In 2020, as the Covid pandemic ravaged the country, the United States saw a...
Democracy Lost in the Mail: Understanding the 2020 Postal Service Crisis
Democratic erosion has, if nothing else, certainly become a more prominent and well-known topic in the United States over the past six years. The...
Why Democracy Was Abandoned Amidst a Civil Crisis in Burkina Faso
On January 24th, 2022, the army of Burkina Faso successfully waged a coup against their government and took control of the country. Led by...
To Burn or To Save: The Trump Administration’s Mishandling of Presidential Records
After one of the most divisive and polemical presidencies in modern history, it is crucial that the American people have access to the records...
Internal Authoritarianism in the Republican Party Has Implications for American Democracy
The Republican National Convention’s censure of Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for their participation in the congressional committee...
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...
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...