by Astrid Weinberg | Feb 25, 2022 | University of Chicago
Impeachment trials are sensationalized events that capture American national attention and media focus. To date, no U.S. president has been removed from office as a result of an impeachment conviction. Such a statistic does not mean that impeachment is an ineffective...
by Francesca Lupi | Feb 25, 2022 | University of Chicago
This month, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega brought five private universities under state control in an effort to censor college students, whom he perceives to be one of the greatest threats to his rule. Academics and opposition activists fear that this will...
by Lucy Nye | Feb 25, 2022 | University of Chicago
Perhaps it is hard for people to imagine the democratic American leaders they favor could have ulterior motives. Or perhaps Americans are so polarized that they are willing to overlook non-democratic actions so long as they benefit their partisan and ideological...
by Maia Soltis | Feb 18, 2022 | Boston University
Former President Donald Trump has been called a populist ever since the American population, news outlets, and politicians in Washington started taking his campaign seriously back in 2016. After all, he ran on the slogan “Make America Great Again”, accusing every...
by Ransom Silliman | Feb 16, 2022 | Boston University
Amidst rising nationalism, increased corporate influence, and would be authoritarians, can American democracy find its place in a rapidly changing world? For many, former President Donald Trump has become America’s authoritarian boogeyman. In the eyes of his...
