University of Chicago

Wisconsin: A State Reflective of the United States’ Eroding Democracy

On April 7th, 2020, states all around the nation watched as the implosion of Wisconsin’s government occurred as there was a tug of war between a...

Since the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Congress and indeed the rest of the country has been grappling with how we should proceed in...

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has offered essential services to the people of the United States for more than 240 years. Among these...

In late June of 2020 the Russian government held a nation-wide plebiscite on a series of constitutional amendments proposed earlier this year by...

In How Democracies Die, Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt outline parameters which serve as warning signs regarding the erosion of democracy,...

On September 11th 2020, a federal court of appeals decided that Florida’s former convicts must pay all court fines before they can vote. This...

The Thai Government has demonstrated various textbook examples of authoritarianism and democratic erosion in the past year or so, and protests...

After a summer marked by a global health crisis, social upheaval, and a devastating economic downturn, the stakes of an American presidential...

Though the Thai government does not necessarily hide its autocratic tendencies, it is far from willing to let go of the democratic label. On...