by Jacob Murray | Mar 24, 2019 | University of Memphis
February 16, 2019, was a night to remember in Williamson County, Tennessee and a reminder of how partisan we can become if we surround ourselves with only people that agree with us. A sitting United States Senator, a congressman, numerous state representatives...
by Hoang Nguyen | Mar 10, 2019 | Suffolk University
From left to right: Chinese President Xi Jinping, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and US President Donald Trump. Photo: Financial Times Xi Jinping’s Ambition At the 19th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping mentioned that he would maintain the...
by Charles Mahoney | Feb 23, 2019 | Rollins College
The stability of our democracy is contingent not only on the legal safe guards outlined in the constitution, but on the maintenance of a tolerant, and well-educated electorate. Seymour Lipset argues that public cohesion and support for the democratic process is...
by Susmitha Rani Chinni | Feb 21, 2019 | Saint Louis University
On Tuesday, February 15th president Trump declared a national emergency toward the United States and Mexico border. Such powers allow Trump to divert funds from other government departments. Trump planned on expunging $3.6 billion from military construction...
by Ej Broker | Feb 20, 2019 | Rollins College
Robert Dahl tried fervently to engage the term polyarchy into the political lexicon. It is safe to say that, outside of political science classrooms, it definitely did not stick. Nevertheless, his concept of pure “democracy” is sound: one wherein every...
