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How Trump is undermining US democracy and doing away with the checks and balances meant to protect it.

by Dib | Mar 30, 2026 | University of Houston

The United States Constitution is one of the world’s oldest continually implemented constitutions. The document, consisting of seven articles and 27 amendments, has been the basis of the rule of law in the United States, outlining the roles of each of the three...

Look at What They Took From You: MAGA Polarization Through Social Media

by Abigail Tuufuli | Mar 30, 2026 | Arizona State University

The official White House X account sits at over four million followers. Created in January of 2025, the social media page’s bio reads: “The Golden Age of America Begins Now.” Like many other accounts, political or not, they share posts from others, keep followers...
The United States’ War on Public Education

The United States’ War on Public Education

by Emma Munroe | Mar 29, 2026 | Suffolk University

While the country shifts their focus to the newly erupting war in the Middle East they begin to turn their backs on the war happening on US soil. This war may not involve heavy weaponry and mass casualties but it is crippling an essential institution for a functioning...

American Intervention in Venezuela: An Erosion of Democratic Norms

by Bereket Nelson | Mar 29, 2026 | Suffolk University

  American Intervention in Venezuela: An Erosion of Democratic Norms In the early hours of January 3, 2026, U.S. military forces conducted an “intervention” in Venezuela’s sovereign territory, seizing and essentially extraditing the acting head of state, Nicolás...
Are you MAGA, even? How Polarization Ties Into Democratic Erosion

Are you MAGA, even? How Polarization Ties Into Democratic Erosion

by Emily Gee | Mar 29, 2026 | Suffolk University

By definition, democracy requires multiple parties to function, but the proudest democracy of the modern age is facing issues as a direct result. The United States is currently experiencing one of its most politically polarizing climates in history, resulting in...
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