by Augustus Bayard | Mar 13, 2022 | Brown University
Sometimes it can feel like too much of the energy put into defending American democracy is being spent on symbolic fights. Democrats rail against voter ID laws that don’t do all that much hamper turnout, even among the Black voters they are most worried about. The...
by Madeline Price | Mar 7, 2022 | Ohio State University
Earlier this year, Mali’s military run government delayed democratic elections for up to five years — prolonging a promised 18-month democratic transition into 2026 and beyond. Mali is not new to democratic instability; the military has orchestrated three coups in the...
by Helen Taura | Feb 25, 2022 | University of Chicago
The year 2016 brought about quite a shocking presidential candidate and elect for the United States. President Donald Trump, in his 4 years of candidacy, made himself well-known throughout the international community for his rash and at times demonizing comments made...
by Gabrielle Young | Feb 16, 2022 | Boston University
Poland was once the model nation of a communist country fallen apart and in shambles that then came together to become a prosperous democratic country, but now Poland’s democracy is crumbling. The controlling party is discriminating against sexual minorities,...
by Nisha Rao | Feb 13, 2022 | Boston University
Many saw Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election as a light at the end of a four year long tunnel of anti-democratic behaviors and rampant populism. As Joe Biden and his administration took over, it became apparent that many of the anti-democratic tendencies of his...
