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One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: What the January 6th Committee Reveals about American Democracy

by Mikaela Linder | Nov 30, 2021 | Suffolk University

For many Americans, the events of January 6th will serve as a reminder of democracy’s darkest days. When verbal assaults on America’s democratic system turned physical, it marked a significant political turning point and exposed fractures in the current system....

The Opioid Crisis: A Symptom of Systemic Inefficiency

by Marley Belanger | Nov 19, 2021 | Suffolk University

The United States is facing two catastrophic challenges simultaneously, a pandemic, and a forgotten but long-present epidemic, the US opioid crisis. While talk of opioids and overdoses is not new to many Americans, the death rate and the recent dramatic uptick of this...

The Great Gatekeeping Dilemma: When Efforts to Save Democracy, Subvert Democracy

by Ana Obergfell | Apr 22, 2021 | Boston University

After only one month in office, Marjorie Taylor Greene inflamed tensions between Republicans and Democrats. Greene is a new Republican to the House of Representatives, elected in 2020 to represent Georgia’s 14th congressional district. Since Greene’s election, former...

Democrats vs. Republicans Shouldn’t Be a Sports Match, and Yet…

by Patrick McGovern | Nov 22, 2020 | Northeastern University

Donald J. Trump lost his re-election campaign for President of the United States. This is a fact. As of now, former Vice-President Joe Biden has received almost 80 million votes to Trump’s nearly 74 million. Biden received 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232. No matter...

Donald Trump: The Best Worst President in Democratic History

by Matthew Mitchell | Nov 20, 2020 | Suffolk University

Throughout the past four years, the Trump Administration has been among the most confusing cases of revolving doors and executive disorder in the history of the United States. Before this, the democratic structure of the country has not been tested to such an extent,...
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