Looking for Its First Leftist Leader, Colombia’s Second Round of Presidential Elections Take a Right Turn

by Maggie Pierce | Jun 3, 2022 | University of California, San Diego

Following the first round of presidential elections, in which no candidate received a majority of the votes, Colombia’s top two candidates will compete in a runoff election on June 19, 2022.  Colombia is caught up in their presidential election since the...

“Disinformation Board”: US Government Approaches 1st Amendment Encroachments As Threats to Tech Monopolies Intensify

by Lucas Aguayo-Garber | May 9, 2022 | Brown University

At the end of last month the Biden administration unveiled a new “Disinformation Board” within the Department of Homeland Security, aimed at attacking online “disinformation” as a national security threat in and of itself. Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has...

New Evidence on January 6th and Its Effect on Democracy

by Justin Vargas | May 6, 2022 | SUNY-Binghamton

January 6th, 2021 is a day that Americans will not soon forget. The United States experienced an attack on its democracy as violent protestors stormed the Capitol, spurred by an unfounded belief that the election of the 46th President of the United States had been...

Voting with the Head or the Heart? Empathy as a Tool to Promote Discourse

by Jackson Kelley | May 3, 2022 | Brown University

American politics has entered what is likely the most polarized era in its history (1). According to Pew Research’s studies, about 85% of Americans feel that in recent times, political discourse in the United States has gotten less substantive and less reliant on...

Election Security or Voter Suppression?

by Christiana McKenzie | Apr 25, 2022 | Suffolk University

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