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How the 2020 census is serving to consolidate authoritarian power in the U.S. by Guilherme Soares

The main goal of the census in the United States is to count people, Plain and simple. Regardless of race, ethnicity, age, location, or any of...

On February 3, 2020, the Iowa caucuses will be held, the first step in finding the Democrat who will challenge Donald Trump for the presidency....

The Trump presidency has alarmed lots of people about the power of the executive branch. Democrats and even some Republicans are expressing...

The fundamental idea of clientelism, at first glance, naturally seems to be a rather undemocratic practice, considering that such...

After the release of the Mueller report, many were shocked to see the number of White House officials, such as former White House counsel Don...

The Law and Justice Party and Jaroslaw Kaczynski, because of their rise to power in 2015, appear to have similar roots as other populist...

Brexit On June 23rd, 2016, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. Nigel Farage was the leader of the Brexit movement, and he...

A Brief Look into Previous Senate Bipartisanship Early leaders of the United States attempted to imbue the Senate with values of bipartisanship...

Rise of Populism in the United States and Brazil Populist leaders tend to claim that they represent the common people, and, as Mueller explains,...