by Alison Gerzina | Mar 21, 2019 | American University
With a voting population of 900 million people, India is the world’s largest democracy. But since the election of Narendra Modi in 2014, critics are increasingly voicing concerns that India’s democracy is in danger. Modi guaranteed “Minimum Government, Maximum...
by Brynn Kooyenga | Mar 9, 2019 | Suffolk University
On the three-year anniversary of the former Venezuelan President’s, Hugo Chávez, death I attended a discussion lead by the Massachusetts Peace Action organization at the Community Church of Boston. The discussion was called “Venezuela: Sanctions, Elections, and...
by Susmitha Rani Chinni | Feb 28, 2019 | Saint Louis University
Going to a women’s march on a frigid mid-west winter day is the last thing one would want to do. So why would hundreds of women march down the streets of St. Louis despite the cold? Because the St. Louis women’s march is committed to keeping a spotlight on women’s...
by Matt Willis | Feb 22, 2019 | Rollins College
The following is a response to “The Impact of Presidential Pardoning on American Democracy” by Felicia Gordon. The language of Article II, Section 2 of the United States Constitution is very interesting in that it grants the executive the right “to grant...
by Taylor Williams | Feb 21, 2019 | Saint Louis University
With the declaration of the issue of immigration as a “national emergency”, Donald Trump challenges the widely-accepted role of democratic institutions in the United States as a whole. Some would argue that the declaration of immigration as a national emergency sets a...
