Bye-Bye Bipartisanship: The End of Toleration in the Republican Party
On February 4th, 2022 U.S. Representatives Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) were formally censured by the Republican National...
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Censures, Denials, and the GOP’s Legitimization of Capitol Riots
The storming of the Capitol and attempted insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021 was perhaps the most immediate and explicit threat to the United States’...
Roe v. Wade: The Fate of Democracy through the Lens of a Landmark Case
Within the framework of the Constitution, careful attention is allocated to the three branches of government. American politicians elevate checks...
Borat: A Sign American Democracy Can Be “Very Nice”
While a sign of robust democracy has always been the freedom of the press and freedom of speech, there can be moments where this freedom...
How Ohio is Fighting to Keep Democratic Fairness Alive
U.S. voters are no stranger to gerrymandering. The term has been around for over a century now and describes the process of drawing boundaries of...
The NRA and the Ruse of Equal Representation in America
How the National Rifle Association turned from lobbyists protecting gun owners to firearm manufacturers' biggest tool in influencing Congress and...
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...
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...