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A Puerto Rican Referendum Would Bolster Representative Democracy

by Elise Jonas-Delson | Jun 10, 2022 | University of California, San Diego

U.S. congressional lawmakers have begun the process of drafting legislation to allow Puerto Ricans to determine their territorial status, highlighting potential implications for the island’s ability to fully participate in the democratic process. Last month,...
21 Century Spectacle: How Disinformation, Populism, and Social Media Are A 21 Century Fulfillment of the Concept of Spectacle

21 Century Spectacle: How Disinformation, Populism, and Social Media Are A 21 Century Fulfillment of the Concept of Spectacle

by Roran Ausman | Jun 10, 2022 | University of California, San Diego

How much of the events that we encounter in our political sphere actually happen in the way we think they do? How much of what we know has to do with the narrative formed around it after it happens, if it happened at all?  In 1967, Guy Debord wrote The Society of...

Trump Stacked The Supreme Court: Roe v. Wade Is Just The Beginning

by Ezra Oyarce | Jun 5, 2022 | University of California, San Diego

Roe v. Wade is just one of the first casualties to come as a result of Trump’s brand of stealth authoritarianism and the gradual weakening of American democracy since his rise to power The recent leaked draft decision of Justice Samuel Alito that would seek to...

The Power of the Platform: Democratic Advocacy for the LGBTQ+ Community on TikTok and Mass Media

by Sophia Sumaray | Jun 4, 2022 | University of California, San Diego

With 115.6 Million views and counting, the TikTok hashtag, “#DontSayGayBill” continues to receive much online attention weeks after its creation. The hashtag itself is littered with videos that contain students protesting, teachers complaining, and general anguish...

Populist Rhetoric, Human Psychology, and the Battle For Gun Reform in the United States

by Madeline Austin | Jun 4, 2022 | University of California, San Diego

On May 24, an 18 year old entered a classroom at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas and murdered 19 children and 2 teachers. This event, coupled with a different mass shooting at a grocery store the week prior that killed 10, quickly gave resurgence to the debate...
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