Sheinbaum’s Folly: How a Weak State Undermines Mexico’s Democracy
Draped in the green, white and red of the Presidential Sash, Claudia Sheinbaum, 62, delivered her inaugural speech as Mexico’s 66th...
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Impairing Amparo: How Recent Constitutional Changes Undermine Mexican Democracy
Journalists and democracy advocates sounded the alarm last month as former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador spent his final weeks in...
Abortion Rights Are Fundamental to Democracy. Why Do Democracies Ban It?
In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, concluding that the U.S. Constitution does not provide federal protections for a woman’s...
The Threat of JD Vance’s Populism to the Future of America
JD Vance has been called many things by many people since he was announced as Donald Trump’s Vice Presidential running mate three months ago. He...
Protecting Children: Populist Logic and the American Right
Across the United States, socially conservative policies that coalesce around the notion of protecting children have been increasingly proposed...
How Populism Threatens Georgia’s Alignment With the West
The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine sent shockwaves across the West. Long-time geopolitical neutrals Finland and Sweden joined NATO, and many...
Democracy is Eroding in El Salvador, but Who is Concerned?
The self-proclaimed “world’s coolest dictator”, Nayib Bukele, won presidential re-election in El Salvador in February of this year, extending his...
“Handmaid’s Tale is not a tutorial!”: Reproductive Rights as a Mechanism for Reversing Democratic Backsliding in Poland and the United States
Before October of 2023, Freedom House described Poland as having “the swiftest democratic decline in the [European] region.” The far-right,...
How Nationalism Saves Democracy
It is in the comforting sound of your mother tongue, the aroma of a home-cooked traditional meal, shared celebrations, and the beauty of our...