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Iranian Sandbox: The Erosion of Trust in the United States

by Ethan Czerwonky | Mar 30, 2026 | University of Houston

The Trump administration has effectively shown to the country that we are subservient to other nations interests. The public lobbying alone by the Israeli government is immense, including the pressure from figures like Mohammad bin Solaman in Saudi Arabia and Mohammad...

How Trump and his federal forces are using America’s polarization problem to dismantle American democracy

by Koai Solano Ortiz | Dec 11, 2025 | Northeastern University

America’s two-party system is seeing one of its largest divides in American history. Belonging to one party or the other can be an immediate reason for hatred of another, and both parties are becoming increasingly critical of each other, especially within the...
The fire from within: American Democracy is dying? 

The fire from within: American Democracy is dying? 

by Nikiria Dorsey | Apr 29, 2025 | University of Memphis, University of Virginia

     ” There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide” – James Adams. If the average empire fails at 250 years and America is 248 years old, could we say that the death of democracy was something foreseeable and the uprise in authoritarian form...

The Death Files: The Trump Administration’s Dangerous and Anti-Democratic ‘Self-Deportation’ Strategy

by Cassandra Fitts | Apr 18, 2025 | Boston University

A social security master-list previously known as the ‘Death Master List’ meant for invalidating the social security numbers of deceased individuals is being repurposed in the Trump Administrations newest attempt to halt immigration. Immigrants legally authorized to...

Dictator Loading: How Trump’s Reaction to the 2020 Election Predicts the Future

by higgins.623@osu.edu | Sep 12, 2024 | Ohio State University

Donald Trump showed his autocratic desires in 2020 when he claimed that the election had been rigged against him before it had even been called. On the night of November 5th, 2020 President Trump delivered a speech about the status of his run for reelection. He...
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