by Ransom Silliman | Feb 16, 2022 | Boston University
Amidst rising nationalism, increased corporate influence, and would be authoritarians, can American democracy find its place in a rapidly changing world? For many, former President Donald Trump has become America’s authoritarian boogeyman. In the eyes of his...
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...
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...
by Lina Klak | Feb 5, 2022 | University of Chicago
In Ukraine’s 2019 presidential election, comedian Volodymyr Zelensky won 73% of the run-off vote, unseating incumbent Petro Poroshenko. Watching from the United States— this was a tale that was unnervingly all-too familiar. Before becoming the President of Ukraine,...
by Parker Berke | Feb 4, 2022 | University of Chicago
During his first four years, President Trump appointed 226 judges to federal district, appeals, and supreme courts, almost three fourths as much as President Obama did during his whole two terms. Many Democrats have now been pushing for President Biden to begin his...
