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The Threat Against Democracy in the Era of “Fake News”

In 2016, American trust of mass media was at an all-time low. Gallup found that of 1,020 adult Americans surveyed, 32% reported having a “great...

According to James Carey, "without journalism there is no democracy, but without democracy there is no journalism either.” In other words, the...

Right wing, conservative senators are gatekeeping the Supreme Court, in a way that they failed to during the political rise of President Donald...

At the end of August, while returning from campaigning for local elections in the Siberian city of Tomsk, Russian opposition figure and...

The 25th amendment, allows for a sitting President’s powers to be suspended if they become unfit for office. Section 4, which can suspend...

It is clear that increasing partisanship correlates with democratic erosion. Matthew Graham and Milan Svolik, in a candidate-choice experiment,...

Andrej Babiš outwardly does not appear to have the firmest grasp on power in the Czech Republic. The embattled billionaire Prime Minister has...

On August 9, 2020, Belarus held its presidential election. This is the first time in many decades where the current president, Alexander...

Allying an anti-corruption and anti-communism discourse with a vague desire for change, Jair Messias Bolsonaro won the turbulent 2018 Brazilian...