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...
by Lily Bryant | Feb 13, 2019 | Boston University
It was roughly three weeks ago when the longest government shutdown in American history came to an end in a frankly shocking moment of bipartisanship. The recent spending bill – passed in Congress and then signed into law by President Trump – has given the...
by Elijah Kramer | Feb 13, 2019 | Boston University
On January 27th of 2017, seated in front of the Presidential Seal, U.S President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 13769, barring any citizen from seven countries — Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen — from entering the United States....
by Ryan Stolz | Feb 13, 2019 | Boston University
Within the past few days, Serbia has been downgraded by democracy watchdog Freedom House from a “free” country to a “partly free” country. This decision by Freedom House is no surprise as Serbia and populist President Aleksander Vucic has appeared increasingly...
