U.S. democracy is changing, as do people, but is it really eroding? This is the essential question that inspires the work conducted by Bright...
Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of democracy. This belief is widely accepted by both academic political theorists and most U.S....
Donald Trump’s recent Fake News Awards may seem like just another harmless jab by Trump to the media that he often taunts, but it is much more...
On January 30, 2018, President Trump delivered his first State of the Union address to 46 million television viewers and a chamber filled with...
Our Values, Change, and Net Neutrality Freedom and Speech and Freedom of the press are two of the most important tenants in our bill of rights...
Some may argue that Trump’s use of the executive order is responsible for the erosion of democracy by eliminating the system of checks and...
Presently, there is seemingly a decay of democracy under the Trump administration. The current administration has acted in ways, that under...
Blue states, it turns out, are not immune to the Trump method of political campaigning. In early February, Illinois State Representative and...
"At a time of potential danger to American democratic norms and institutions, it is more urgent than ever for scholars to highlight the risks to...