The Great Gatekeeping Dilemma: When Efforts to Save Democracy, Subvert Democracy
After only one month in office, Marjorie Taylor Greene inflamed tensions between Republicans and Democrats. Greene is a new Republican to the...
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Greed and Greenbacks: How the Ostentatiously Rich Puppeteer American Democracy
According to an article published by the New York Times, a dozen megadonors and their spouses contributed a combined $3.4 billion to federal...
A Response to Danae Gaytan’s Article “Increasing ‘Voter Security’ Increases Impediments to Voting in the United States”
Danae Gaytan recently wrote an article discussing the agenda that the republican party has to increase impediments to voting. After a contentious...
Niger: Democratizing from Blatant to Stealth Authoritarianism
Niger’s recent 2020 elections has been labeled an important period of democratization: securing its first transition of power between...
Democratic Erosion and the Case of Ethiopia
Ethiopia, a country located in the Horn of Africa, has garnered much attention due to its strategic position, its large population, and its role...
The 2022 Election Results Will Be a Referendum on American Democracy
On January 6th, 2021, Democrats won control of the White House, Senate, and House of Representatives, all while the Capital Building was laid...
Weaponizing Anti-LGBTQ Bias: The Authoritarian’s Approach to Dismantling a Democracy
Piotr Grabarczyk and his boyfriend, Kamil Pawlik, arrive in Barcelona after fleeing their homeland of Poland due to intensifying anti-LGBTQ...
Idriss Deby Poised to Serve a Sixth Term
Chad is a country that relatively obscure to those who seldom follow African politics. A google search of Chad will produce the TV series...
Will Democracy in Myanmar Be Restored? Not Anytime Soon
On February 1, 2021, Myanmar’s military seized power and declared a one-year state of emergency after the National League for Democracy (NLD) won...