by Jarred Barlow | Oct 11, 2017 | Boston University
After Donald Trump’s latest Twitter-staged boxing match, this time with Republican Senator Bob Corker, it seems as though one more mound of soil has been dropped on the grave of presidential maturity. It is no secret that Donald Trump has become increasingly divergent...
by Isabela Karibjanian | Oct 11, 2017 | Brown University
President Donald Trump’s presidency is not the start of democratic erosion in the United States – it’s the continuation of several long and often normalized trends. According to Juan J. Linz’s The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes: Crisis, Breakdown and Reequilibration,...
by Chance Rogala | Oct 10, 2017 | Boston University
In the aftermath of the devastation brought on by Hurricane Maria, President Donald Trump has made it clear that immediate, widespread aid efforts by the federal government were not his top priority. The Category 4 Hurricane (which, at 155 mph, falls just shy of the...
by Laura Stavinsky | Oct 10, 2017 | Boston University
Throughout the Trump presidency he has exploited democratic institutions to further his own political agenda at the expense of American democracy. Just last Friday, under the veil of the First Amendment, President Trump eliminated the requirement for employers to...
by Matthew Jarrell | Oct 3, 2017 | Brown University
The goal of any scientific inquiry is ostensibly to find or at least approximate some sort of truth. When we examine a phenomenon in the world, we strive to make statements or posit theories about it based on the observations we have made and the relevant facts and...
