by Vincent Davis | Oct 27, 2018 | Georgia State University
Democracy dies when there are no checks and balances; to ensure the newly established United States democracy would be able to secede, the Founding Fathers constructed the Constitution of the United States to ensure the significant hard fought freedom gained from the...
by Kennedy Inman | Apr 14, 2018 | Georgia State University
While most look to President Trump for signs of democratic erosion and the rise of populism, one can find them in his adopted party, the Republican Party (or as it is colloquially known, the “GOP.” for “Grand Old Party”). It is a party known recently for its two...
by Ian Fowler | Apr 12, 2018 | Georgia State University
There are Nazis in America. We fought a war against them back in the 1940s. World War 2 to be precise. From what I remember of American history, I thought we had won that war. The few past decades have seen a resurgence in neo-fascist movements across both the United...
by Maria Wakeman | Apr 4, 2018 | Yale University
Freedom House has given exceptional democracy ratings to the Swiss Confederation, awarding it near-perfect scores in overall freedom, political rights (39/40), and civil liberties (57/60). Though Swiss political structure is both highly decentralized and dependent on...
by Wesley Brock | Mar 30, 2018 | University of Memphis
It is likely that everyone reading this will have heard of the Cambridge Analytica incident by this point. For those who have not the quick version of the story is that an app designed for Facebook and used most often in conjunction with those personality test seen on...
