by Rickeil Topiwala | Nov 24, 2020 | Northeastern University
In California, proposition 22 seemed innocuous. It was a simple ballot measure, should drivers that use apps like Uber and Lyft be considered employees, or independent contractors? The vote passed at a 58-42 percent majority in favor of independent contractors. From...
by Sarvesh Sakunala | Nov 23, 2020 | Northeastern University
While President Trump has been defeated, populism still poses a potent threat to our democracy. Trump is a right-wing populist. Müller defines populism as “a way of perceiving the political world that sets a morally pure and fully unified… but ultimately fictional…...
by Winston Alcufrom | Nov 23, 2020 | Northeastern University
On November 7th 2020, Joe Biden was declared 46th president of the United States. The election saw a record turnout rate of over 65%, amounting to over 160 million Americans. In the hours that followed the announcement of the results, thousands of people took the...
by Mayur Patel | Nov 22, 2020 | Northeastern University
President Trump is a major source of democratic backsliding in the U.S.; it is time that he accepts defeat in the 2020 election. “What they’re doing is using COVID to steal an election. They’re using COVID to defraud the American people – all of our people...
by Darcy Kuang | Nov 20, 2020 | University of Chicago
It has long been established that party polarization can contribute to democratic erosion. As Steven Levitsky and Deniel Ziblatt have pointed out, when extremists emerge as serious electoral contenders, it is imperative that mainstream politicians unite with their...
