How Free Are American Elections? Democratic Erosion in the 2026 Election Cycle
I spent my summer working on a campaign, doing community outreach and speaking with constituents from a range of backgrounds. One concern that...
Universities
What Trump’s Attempted Pocket Rescissions Mean for the Future of Forbearance, and Education
Beginning most overtly in 2025, with the Trump administration’s punitive freezing of Harvard University’s federal grants, the American education...
Is America Resisting?
On September 19th, journalists from CNN, MSNOW, and Politico, members of the White House TV pool, had their badges confiscated and were barred...
Mexico Holds Elections. Cartels Hold the Veto.
On April 1, 2024, Bertha Gisela Gaytán stood at a campaign rally in Celaya, a city in Guanajuato that's been torn apart by a cartel turf war. She...
A Green Card Once Meant Protection: Now it is Fear
A Green Card Once Meant Protection: Now it is Fear By Fotios E. Meimeteas Imagine you are a single mother in the United States, raising four...
Food Security is Rooted Abroad
When conflict erupts in the Middle East, most Americans do not expect it to affect the price of corn in Iowa or groceries at home. Yet...
The Meaning of Silence : What the moment of silence for Melissa Hortman says about American democracy
On June 14, 2025, the lives of Melissa Hortman who was a House speaker in Minnesota and her husband Mark were taken in what authorities...
Buying Injustice: The Hidden Harms of this Act.
Are we looking to create a thriving society, or are we allowing fear into the lives of immigrant families? As new immigration policies appear,...
The New Future of Warfare? How Social Media is Inflating Tensions Between the U.S. and Iran.
Social media is moving to the forefront of the ongoing tensions between the U.S. and Iran, with political elites from both sides of the conflict...