by Jackson Kelley | Mar 13, 2022 | Brown University
What are the psychological roots of President Donald Trump’s populist success? Understanding populism through Cas Mudde’s The Populist Zeitgeist and Jan-Werner Müller’s What Is Populism, the ideology sees the world in a unique way. Operating distinctively apart from...
by Michael McClure | Feb 26, 2022 | University of Chicago
On January 3, former U.S. president Donald Trump offered, via his Save America political action committee, an endorsement of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán ahead of the 2022 parliamentary elections in Hungary, in which Orbán will be running for reelection on...
by Anna Katz | Feb 25, 2022 | University of Chicago
In not-so-surprising turn of events, on February 4th, the Republican National Committee (RNC) voted to censure Representatives Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) for their role in investigating last year’s January 6th Capitol riot investigating last year’s...
by Saumya Jain | Feb 25, 2022 | University of Chicago
Under polarization, governmental institutions can lead to disproportionate influence for a certain subset of citizens. Donald Trump has increased polarization in recent years and demonstrated executive aggrandizement. Political scientist Nancy Bermeo defines the...
by Astrid Weinberg | Feb 25, 2022 | University of Chicago
Impeachment trials are sensationalized events that capture American national attention and media focus. To date, no U.S. president has been removed from office as a result of an impeachment conviction. Such a statistic does not mean that impeachment is an ineffective...
