by Monique Irving | Oct 26, 2019 | University of Memphis
International Trade regarding United States Democracy There is nothing new that China plays a huge role with the United States when it comes to World Trade. There is still struggle when it comes to the relationship between China and the United States. My mother and I...
by Abbi Foglietta | Oct 17, 2019 | Salem State University
How anti-democratic measures are eroding democratic norms in North Carolina In the book How Democracies Die, Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky argue that backsliding governments may reject the democratic rules of the game in order to keep power, and may employ any...
by Isabet Tranchin | May 8, 2019 | University of Chicago
Political polarization is often cited as a negative, and occasionally as a competitive positive, for a democracy. Polarization in the United States has become a buzz word that occurs often in discussion about the current political climate, both online and offline. But...
by Selena Spencer | May 8, 2019 | University of Chicago
This piece explores the relationship between the Republican Party and racism in the recent past and the current political climate. Within the United States, political discourse can’t exist without the imposition of race. Many people who are affiliated with the...
by Thomas Martino | May 7, 2019 | University of Chicago
The Gulf War On September 11, 1990, President H.W. Bush addressed a joint session of Congress concerning the Gulf War. The War was a decisive victory for the United States and a coalition of more than twenty other nations. The Iraqi troops occupying Kuwait were...