Suffolk University

Silencing the Bench: How Poland’s “Muzzle Law” Accelerates Democratic Erosion

Democracy depends on more than just elections: it requires strong independent institutions, specifically courts, that can check and balance...

The United States has always had a fair democracy, but in a year our democracy has fallen. One President has made tremendous changes, but...

On July 15, 2016, tanks and members of the Turkish military took to the streets of Istanbul in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the...

Poland is actively making corrupt efforts to silence those who muster the courage to speak out. In late 2019, the Polish Sejm approved a new law,...

Democracies don’t usually die in a single dramatic moment. They erode quietly and gradually, through a thousand small surrenders. But...

Imagine winning the most powerful office in the world and still governing like you're the underdog. That's the paradox at the center of modern...

With the release of the most recent V-Dem report on world democracy, the US has reached a 60-year low dropping all the way back to levels before...

Voter fraud in the United States is almost nonexistent, with very little evidence suggesting that noncitizens are the ones committing it, if it...