by Vincent Davis | Oct 27, 2018 | Georgia State University
Democracy dies when there are no checks and balances; to ensure the newly established United States democracy would be able to secede, the Founding Fathers constructed the Constitution of the United States to ensure the significant hard fought freedom gained from the...
by Matthew Mottet | Oct 23, 2018 | Georgia State University
Is it necessarily true that “the cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy”? In 1972 the McGovern-Fraser Commission revolutionized America’s primary system under this quote. For centuries Presidential nominees were chosen through undemocratic methods, but in...
by Casey Francois | Oct 21, 2018 | Georgia State University
If you told me five years ago that we would be anywhere other than in the safe embrace of a Hillary Clinton presidency, I would ask who your dealer was and how much. Alas, here we are in the throes of cable news connoisseur and combover aficionado Donald Trump’s...
by Michael Manangu | May 26, 2018 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
In a controversial decision, the Philippine Supreme Court voted on May 11 to remove its leader, Maria Lourdes Sereno. The court’s majority ordered Sereno’s seat vacated after acting on a petition brought by Rodrigo Duterte’s top lawyer, who cited malfeasance in her...
by Patricia Villa | May 25, 2018 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
The erosion of Philippine democracy has set a new stage of opportunity for resistance movements to seize. Indeed, the country is in another “extraordinary time”. What could the role of the National Democratic Left (ND) be in the fight against democratic erosion? The...
