Tucker Carlson and the Mainstreaming of Authoritarianism
Grynbaum, Michael M. 2021. “Conservative Fellow Travelers: Tucker Carlson Drops In On Viktor Orban.” The New York Times, October 4, 2021....
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How South Korea’s 2022 Presidential Election Redefined their Democracy
March 9, 2022, the day that sealed South Korea’s fate for the next five years. Citizens elected their thirteenth president through a popular...
Nations of Wealth: Resource Curse and its Impacts on Democracy
Since the dawn of civilization, resource acquisition and management has been of utmost interest. As populations grow, so do their demands for...
Is Social Media Ruining Political Discourse?
Being a Gen Z has given me both the curse and the blessing of the digital age. I get criticized by my mother for being on my phone only moments...
Trump and Sanders: Populism on the Right and the Left
https://medium.com/@marcushjohnson/bernie-sanders-and-donald-trump-are-two-sides-of-the-same-coin-a862b80762e7 While scholars differ on an exact...
Governing Social Media in the United States of America
In recent years the United States, as well as the rest of the globe, has been faced with a brand-new challenge that no political leader,...
No-Knock Warrants, Police Power, and Democratic Backsliding
Discussions of police violence in American cities have led to the introduction of some troubling policy changes since the initial surge of...
Are We Headed for WW3? Implications for Democracy
As of February of 2022, continually growing tensions between Russia and Ukraine have gathered global attention. Despite preemptive economic...
The Power of a “Small, Fringe Minority”
The past couple of years have seen some questionable encroachments on the civil liberties that ensure democracy, in an effort by governments to...