University of Houston

Counter-Gerrymandering and What it Means for American Democracy

Gerrymandering is a word well known to most with even a passing interest in politics, but to many who don’t pay attention, it’s a word they’ve...

When we think of democratic collapse, we usually imagine tanks in the streets or protestors storming a palace. We don’t typically think of a...

In March 2022, El Salvador declared a state of emergency that would reshape not only the country's political landscape but also their legal...

From 2004 through 2021, the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was established after the invasion by the U.S. This invasion was a response to the...

Introduction Gerrymandering is the practice of drawing electoral maps to favor one political party over another. When redrawing maps, the party...

A core component of democracy is representation through free and fair elections. Free and fair can be defined by who qualifies to vote and then...

The United States Constitution is one of the world's oldest continually implemented constitutions. The document, consisting of seven articles and...

The Trump administration has effectively shown to the country that we are subservient to other nations interests. The public lobbying alone by...

Ecuador has been going through a serious crisis for some years now. The homicide rate jumped from 6 per 100,000 people in 2018 to 47 per 100,000...