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Is Trump’s Acquittal by the Senate Another Step Towards Democratic Erosion?

It’s been clear since the moment Trump announced his campaign that political norms would be thrown out the window. From his brash and brazen...

Partisanship and polarization is killing democracy in the United States. Excessive polarization results in partisanship encroaching in...

Photo by Anna Church on Unsplash Ireland’s February 8th, 2020 national election ended in a virtual three-way tie between the dominant...

Many consider National Front leader Marine Le Pen’s loss of the 2017 election a victory for the preservation of French democracy, as she is...

Following the shocking mass shootingin the commercialized northeastern region of Thailand, Twitter trended with the hashtags “#ReformtheMilitary”...

While Kim Kardashian West reinvigorated the debate surrounding criminal justice reform outside of CNN or Washington, D.C. think tanks, the issue...

Viktor Orbán states how he is shaping an “illiberal democracy” in Hungary. He claims that “democracy is not necessarily liberal. Just...

According to political scientist Juan J. Linz, the countries that are most vulnerable to democratic breakdowns are those that are relatively new...

For centuries this country has operated on a system of checks and balances, ensuring that the only way democracy endures is through an...