by Jess Lockett | May 6, 2020 | Georgia State University Perimeter College
Forget the clickbait: President Donald J. Trump and the Republican party are unraveling the democratic process in the United States, just because you cannot “feel” it, does not mean it is not happening. Since...
by Daniel Roberts | Mar 29, 2020 | Georgia State University
Last summer, the supreme court refused to strike down the practice of partisan gerrymandering. While it is widely considered one of the least democratic aspects of the United States, it is also one that is as old as the United States itself. Named after Elbridge...
by Abbi Foglietta | Oct 17, 2019 | Salem State University
How anti-democratic measures are eroding democratic norms in North Carolina In the book How Democracies Die, Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky argue that backsliding governments may reject the democratic rules of the game in order to keep power, and may employ any...
by Ashley Agyekum | Apr 30, 2019 | Georgia State University
The institution of democracy is one that allows its people the freedom to choose their leaders without fear of repercussion or the leaders’ ability to reject election results. Although these standards are true of democracy, there are ways it is disintegrated by...
by Joseph Glandorf | Mar 7, 2018 | Ohio State University
Zack Space wants to help restore American democracy from one of the last places you’d expect: the desk of the Ohio State Auditor. I’m an intern on Space’s campaign this semester. In lieu of attending a formal political event, I sat down for an interview with...
