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...
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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...
The Erosion of Electoral Freedom in the United States
Many saw Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election as a light at the end of a four year long tunnel of anti-democratic behaviors and rampant...
No Longer Black and White and Read All Over: How the Disappearance of America’s Local News Threatens Our Democracy
Thousands of local newspapers have disappeared across the United States over the past 15 years. Half of U.S. counties have only one local paper —...
Chinese Spies and the “China Initiative”: How Protection From Foreign Threats Can Harm Our Democracy
On January 20th of this year, the Justice Department dropped all of its charges against Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Gang...