by Patrick Connor | Oct 22, 2020 | Brown University
One month before Election Day, Republican Governor Greg Abbott issued two executive orders altering the newfound role of Texas as a swing state in the 2020 federal elections. First, he restricted mail-in ballot drop off locations to one per each of the 254 counties in...
by Ed Schmeltzer | Oct 22, 2020 | University of Chicago
By introducing the threat of violence through his refusal to condemn violent Alt-Right groups such as the Proud Boys, Donald Trump is undermining a fundamental norm behind the US electoral system: the promise of a peaceful transfer of power from one candidate to the...
by Taya Fontenette | Oct 14, 2020 | Northeastern University
What is being called a “modern-day poll tax” has found its way to The Sunshine State. Since the 2018 referendum to grant automatic re-enfranchisement to over a million of their citizens with felony convictions, the state legislature has backpedaled and applied...
by Troy | Apr 19, 2020 | Suffolk University
Navy Captain Brett Crozier addressing his crew in 2019 As of today, the world continues to be shut down as the entire international community scrambles to fight COVID-19, a fight that has become a world war between democracy and an unprecedented pandemic. Ironically...
by Jerson Dubon Martinez | Apr 15, 2020 | Georgia State University
The current political state of American politics has resulted in an overall concern that our democracy is in crisis. Contemporary concern of an unresponsive political system aimed towards addressing domestic and foreign challenges have increased frustration among...
