by Emily Gee | Mar 29, 2026 | Suffolk University
By definition, democracy requires multiple parties to function, but the proudest democracy of the modern age is facing issues as a direct result. The United States is currently experiencing one of its most politically polarizing climates in history, resulting in...
by Aline El Helou | Mar 9, 2026 | University of Houston
When we hear the word “democratic crisis,” most of us picture something dramatic. A military takeover or a government collapsing overnight. The kind of thing that feels distant, like it only happens in other countries. That’s why what happened on January 6, 2021, felt...
by Nikiria Dorsey | Apr 29, 2025 | University of Memphis, University of Virginia
” There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide” – James Adams. If the average empire fails at 250 years and America is 248 years old, could we say that the death of democracy was something foreseeable and the uprise in authoritarian form...
by Jamieson Smith | Feb 14, 2025 | Boston University
No longer the “Shining City Upon a Hill” as President Reagan proudly claimed in his parting note in 1989, the U.S. has been demoted from a “full democracy” to a “flawed democracy” – an indictment of the so-called uniqueness of...
by Amani Ward | Apr 11, 2024 | Georgia State University
The history of social polarization in America is a web of economic disparity, racial division, political strife, and cultural differences. From the colonial era to the present day, the United States has grappled with deep-seated tensions that have shaped its social...
