Trump’s Fake News Awards Are a Threat to American Democracy By Jillian Newman @ Ohio State University
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...
Universities
DISRESPECTING THE UNION: HOW LAWMAKERS’ STATE OF THE UNION PROTESTS THREATEN TO UNDERMINE DEMOCRACY by LINDSEY POWELL @ UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
On January 30, 2018, President Trump delivered his first State of the Union address to 46 million television viewers and a chamber filled with...
Net Neutrality Is Not Neutral for Democracy by Ron Fornaro @ Ohio State University
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...
The Executive Order Does Not Eliminate Institutional Checks by Thomas Baumgarten @ Ohio State University
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...
Is Trump the Cause or the Effect of the Apparent Democratic Downslide in America? by Jamie O’Neill @ Ohio State University
Presently, there is seemingly a decay of democracy under the Trump administration. The current administration has acted in ways, that under...
Trump’s Brand of Populism is Spreading–and Why We Should Worry by Kasey Powers @ The Ohio State University
Blue states, it turns out, are not immune to the Trump method of political campaigning. In early February, Illinois State Representative and...
Bright Line Watch: Who Is Rating Our Democracy? by Max Mapes @ Skidmore College
"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...
Democracy is not unassailable by Yanebi Blanco @Skidmore College
All around the world, there exists a growing concern about the future state of democracy. The considerable rise of populist ideas globally, but...
You Can’t Measure Democratic Health by Underrepresenting People by Anne Pfeifenberger @ Skidmore College
Our Democracy has Bright Lines that when crossed compromise our democratic values and rights. The erosions of those lines and democratic norms...