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Trump has removed the National Science Foundation Board: Where does the overreach stop?

Trump has removed the National Science Foundation Board: Where does the overreach stop?

by Sofia Chavez | Apr 30, 2026 | Tulane University

Event On April 27th, 2026 the Trump Administration dismissed the National Science Foundation Board which consisted of 22 independent board members. Board members received an email from the President’s office stating that they were terminated immediately on behalf of...

How Trump and his federal forces are using America’s polarization problem to dismantle American democracy

by Koai Solano Ortiz | Dec 11, 2025 | Northeastern University

America’s two-party system is seeing one of its largest divides in American history. Belonging to one party or the other can be an immediate reason for hatred of another, and both parties are becoming increasingly critical of each other, especially within the...

Republicans Are Succeeding at Their Long-Term Strategy

by Alonzo Lepper | Feb 16, 2022 | Boston University

Over the past 6 years, the Republican Party has been successful in convincing the American people that they are the true defenders of democracy. The political party has increasingly played off of the “us versus them” phenomenon to the point where undermining democracy...

The US Electoral Count Act: An Avenue for Authoritarianism

by Sal Giolando | Feb 13, 2022 | Ohio State University

“Congress shall be in session on the sixth day of January succeeding every meeting of the electors” – Electoral Count Act The Electoral Count Act Most Americans know about the January 6th Capital Riots, but few know the 19th-century law behind it. When...

Trump’s Threat to Sue Shows How America’s Democracy is Eroding

by Reece Morgan | Oct 12, 2021 | University of Georgia

Effects of the Capitol riot on January 6th, 2021 are still being felt by the United States’ people. As the Biden administration gets settled, inquiries into the riot have begun. Specifically, the nation is turning toward former president Trump’s administration,...
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