COVID-19 in El Salvador: How the World’s “First Millennial Dictator” Tried To Control the Virus
When COVID-19-related lockdowns just started sweeping across countries around the globe, it was apparent that this pandemic will highlight all...
Universities
How Increasing Partisanship Is Destroying One of the Oldest Democracies
By Nasra Mohamed Democracy is both intrinsically and instrumentally valuable for many reasons. It is inherently valuable, as it is a necessary...
Are We Out of the Woods Yet?
While President Trump has been defeated, populism still poses a potent threat to our democracy. Trump is a right-wing populist. Müller defines...
Polarization Is Killing Democracy in the United States, Although There Is Hope
On November 7th 2020, Joe Biden was declared 46th president of the United States. The election saw a record turnout rate of over 65%, amounting...
QAnon and America’s Problem with Polarization and Disinformation
Signs from a Trump Rally; photo by Al Drago of the New York Times In early December of 2016, a gunman opened fire in a D.C. restaurant, under the...
Peru’s Last Chance at Democracy
With three presidents in one week, and a history of political corruption, can Peru’s fragile democracy stay afloat? In a recent unfolding of...
Chileans Protest for a New Constitution
From the Occupy Wall Street movement in the United States to the Ni Una Menos collective based in Argentina, protests against neoliberal policies...
Authoritarianism and Donald Trump
President of China, Xi Jinping, in a recent speech to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC), announced that China plans on opening a...
Court-Packing: Proposals to Erode Constitutional Order and Endanger U.S. Democracy
The idea of court packing insinuates that democratic erosion is underway. Courts often operate as guardrails to democracy but once they are...