by Anoushka Yadav | May 4, 2023 | University of Utah
On a seemingly normal day, America witnessed a threat to democracy. As Joe Biden was gearing up to take office after a turbulent election period, a group of Trump supporters and white supremacists stormed the capital to show their dissent about the election. In a...
by Ravi Kaur | May 3, 2023 | University of Utah
Democracy is what the United States prides itself on and the very base of every political decision, using it as justification for foreign affairs like Afghanistan, solidifying same-sex marriage as a Constitutional right within the U.S., and more. With this pride comes...
by Carter Rojecki | May 2, 2023 | University of Utah
Many Americans take no note of the redistricting process that takes place every ten years within each state; but I argue that we should be paying close attention. Redistricting is simply the way that we modify electoral regions’ boundaries, which in turn, decides...
by Nayra Green | Apr 27, 2023 | University of Utah
Beginning after Reconstruction—when Black men were granted the right to vote—the implementation of voter disenfranchisement laws crept across the United States in the form of poll taxes, literacy tests, and gerrymandering. Contemporary voter disenfranchisement laws...
by Jayda Walton | Apr 25, 2023 | University of Utah
The COVID-19 pandemic was not only a pandemic of a virus, but also a pandemic of misinformation and disinformation. During the year 2020, it was not uncommon to log onto social media sites or sit down for the nightly news and hear many competing headlines, advice, and...
