by Mikaela Linder | Nov 30, 2021 | Suffolk University
For many Americans, the events of January 6th will serve as a reminder of democracy’s darkest days. When verbal assaults on America’s democratic system turned physical, it marked a significant political turning point and exposed fractures in the current system....
by Marley Belanger | Nov 19, 2021 | Suffolk University
The United States is facing two catastrophic challenges simultaneously, a pandemic, and a forgotten but long-present epidemic, the US opioid crisis. While talk of opioids and overdoses is not new to many Americans, the death rate and the recent dramatic uptick of this...
by Sana Iqbal | Oct 24, 2021 | Suffolk University
In 2005 The Iron Dome was created as a mobile air missile system in Israel with support from the US. When the US first wanted a military defense the US said that they should instead buy Patriot missiles from them. In 2006, Israel tried to invade Lebanon and was...
by Mikaela Linder | Oct 24, 2021 | Suffolk University
Recently, I attended a hearing held by the Massachusetts legislature’s Special Joint Committee on Redistricting where the newly drawn legislative districts were unveiled. Massachusetts, the birthplace of gerrymandering, has a sensitive history with the redistricting...
by Darcy Jones | Oct 13, 2021 | University of Georgia
The recent introduction of vaccine mandates to states and workplaces across the United States has only served to further the political polarization in the country, pushing it into the direction of democratic erosion. Many citizens are losing faith in the government to...
