Donald Trump’s recent actions in regards to security laws have distinct authoritarian undertones and a dangerous potential. Since the beginning...
The free press is a central tenet of democracy and of the United States Constitution. Indeed, a media free from party control, propaganda, and...
In 2017, a trial court ordered North Carolina legislators to create new congressional voting maps because they deemed Republican...
In Kurt Weyland’s piece on the barriers to populism in America he identifies Republican constraint as one of the protecting factors of American...
In December of 2017, several news reports – the first of which was the Washington Post – alleged that the Centers for Disease Control had enacted...
The 1993 National Voter Registration Act has served as the basis of the United States’ voter registry for the past 25 years, but one factor has...
Trump. A name that is synonymous with orange skin, red hats, and many opinions, especially on military parades and immigration. Chávez. A lesser...
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....