by Sadie Kennedy | Feb 17, 2026 | Boston University
In 2021, Trump gave a speech at his “Save America” Rally, where he repeated false claims of election fraud. Shortly after the rally, a crowd of MAGA supporters broke into the US Capitol and attempted to stop congress from certifying Joe Biden’s presidential win. In...
by Rustylee Agyemang | Feb 14, 2026 | Boston University
Donald Trump’s use of AI-generated media, particularly content that fabricates or manipulates the speech and actions of political opponents, constitutes a form of democratic erosion by proxy: it does not directly dismantle democratic institutions, but it degrades the...
by April Aguilar | Feb 13, 2026 | Boston University
The survival of modern democracy in the United States has been witnessing the threat of democratic erosion under the current administration. Since the re-election of Donald J. Trump in 2024, his actions on the law took place on his first day in office. Through his...
by Charlie Bowie | Feb 13, 2026 | Boston University
On February 6, 2026, the Office of Personnel Management released a rule authorizing the reclassification of tens of thousands of “policy-influencing” positions within the executive bureaucracy, effectively stripping vital civil service protections from these...
by Will Speight | Feb 13, 2026 | Boston University
In what has been a polarizing series of comments, president Donald Trump has recently gone on record expressing his strong desire to “nationalize” elections in the US. Trump has cited a list of reasons why he wants this to happen, among which are claiming that there...
