Small Town Camaraderie in COVID-19 Crisis

The coronavirus, or COVID-19, I think most can agree is the biggest problem that our country is facing today. As such, the topic has been discussed and covered to an extensive degree. What interests me most about the topic, however, is how it ties into the current...

The Politicization of the Pandemic

Levitsky and Ziblatt write that ‘extreme polarization can kill democracies.’ [1] Polarization of politics in the US has left Americans not only at risk from a weakening of democracy, but it has also now threatened their ability to trust the governments handling of the...