The Issue With Court Packing
Since the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Congress and indeed the rest of the country has been grappling with how we should proceed in...
Universities
Authoritarianism vs. USPS
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has offered essential services to the people of the United States for more than 240 years. Among these...
Rewriting the Russian Constitution: A Lesson in Stealth or Overt Authoritarianism?
In late June of 2020 the Russian government held a nation-wide plebiscite on a series of constitutional amendments proposed earlier this year by...
Does a Summer of Political Violence Spell Authoritarianism for the US?
In How Democracies Die, Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt outline parameters which serve as warning signs regarding the erosion of democracy,...
Does This Florida Legal Battle Spell the End of American Democracy?
On September 11th 2020, a federal court of appeals decided that Florida’s former convicts must pay all court fines before they can vote. This...
The Thai Government and Their Textbook Erosion
The Thai Government has demonstrated various textbook examples of authoritarianism and democratic erosion in the past year or so, and protests...
In This Election, It’s Not Democrat or Republican on the Ballot– It’s Democracy
After a summer marked by a global health crisis, social upheaval, and a devastating economic downturn, the stakes of an American presidential...
Thailand’s Hypocrisy: A Case Study of Stealth Authoritarianism
Though the Thai government does not necessarily hide its autocratic tendencies, it is far from willing to let go of the democratic label. On...
Unions and Political Representation: How the Decline of Collective Bargaining Threatens Democracy
In the United States, union membership has set a national standard – a north star – for employee protections, labor rights, and political...