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What Trump’s Attempted Pocket Rescissions Mean for the Future of Forbearance, and Education

by Astrid Newton | Oct 2, 2026 | Boston University

Beginning most overtly in 2025, with the Trump administration’s punitive freezing of Harvard University’s federal grants, the American education system has been a continuous target of federal downsizing. The weaponization of federal grant freezes and rollback of...

Do It Anyway: Why America’s Checks & Balances Are Failing

by Jackson Graham | Apr 29, 2026 | Suffolk University

One of the main campaign promises made by the Trump campaign was to bring prices down for everyday Americans. He promised (and failed to deliver) sweeping economic reforms, the implementation of protectionist policies, and a return to an era of “America First”...
What a shrunken Congress means for democracy in America

What a shrunken Congress means for democracy in America

by Hunter Porter | Mar 24, 2026 | Suffolk University

Congress plays an essential role in our government. They are the only federal officials directly elected by the American people, yet in recent years, under Republican and Democratic leadership, they have shirked their constitutional powers, ceding them to the...

Democratic Erosion in India: How Narendra Modi Makes Use of Offensive Populism

by Kutlu Acun | Feb 5, 2025 | Sabanci University

Recently party politics agenda has been occupied by the debates of rising right-wing extremism, challenging and changing the status quo in many countries. The discussion around extremism(s) attaches specific importance to populist and authoritarian tendencies gaining...
American Democracy and the Censuring of Rashida Tlaib

American Democracy and the Censuring of Rashida Tlaib

by Kennedy Little | Nov 22, 2023 | Northeastern University

On November 7th, in a 234-188 vote, the United States House of Representatives voted to censure Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib following Tlaib’s comments on the Israel-Hamas war. Twenty-two Democrats joined two hundred twelve Republicans to formally express their...
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