Spain, Stop Hiding Behind Smokescreens by Maxine Moore @ Boston University
While talk of a referendum regarding Catalonia becoming independent from Spain has been occurring for months, on October 1st, Catalonia finally...
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Corruption, Frustration, and the Risk of Democratic Breakdown in Brazil by Julia Banas @ Boston University
Brazil’s “The South is My Country” secessionist movement is only the most recent addition to what could be democratic breakdown. Brazil’s risk...
The Suffocation of Presidential Norms by Jarred Barlow @ Boston University
After Donald Trump’s latest Twitter-staged boxing match, this time with Republican Senator Bob Corker, it seems as though one more mound of soil...
A Post-Sirleaf Liberian Democracy by Rohan Joshi @ Boston University
The long period of peace and relative stability which the country of Liberia has enjoyed over the past decade, is something few other African...
A NATURAL DISASTER FOR DEMOCRACY: TRUMP’S POPULIST RESPONSE TO HURRICANE MARIA by Emma Shaw @ Boston University
In the past month and a half, the United States has seen three major hurricanes sweep over its territory. While Hurricanes Harvey and Irma both...
It’s not all Trump’s fault: democratic erosion’s recurring presence in the United States by Isabela Karibjanian @ Brown University
President Donald Trump’s presidency is not the start of democratic erosion in the United States – it’s the continuation of several long and often...
Hurricane Maria Through the Populist Lens of Donald Trump by Chance Rogala @ Boston University
In the aftermath of the devastation brought on by Hurricane Maria, President Donald Trump has made it clear that immediate, widespread aid...
On the Edge of Mass Surveillance: Navigating a “Live and Let Die” Democracy by Bradly Knox @ University of Memphis
“No system of mass surveillance has existed in any society that we know of to this point that has not been abused.” Edward Snowden ...
Birth Control: The Latest Example of Trump’s Misuse of Democracy. by Laura Stavisky @ Boston University
Throughout the Trump presidency he has exploited democratic institutions to further his own political agenda at the expense of American...