by Keianna Wen | Apr 7, 2020 | Boston University
With 330,891 current cases of Covid-19, this virus has affected people in every aspect of life from elections to employment. Trump has engaged in various activities that can be considered authoritarian such as spreading disinformation and silencing those who do not...
by Leilani Chew | Apr 6, 2020 | Boston University
Senators Amy Klobuchar and Ron Wyden recently proposed emergency voting reforms which would allow every U.S. state to expand the use of vote-by-mail. According to Klobuchar, these changes would help ensure that during the coronavirus pandemic, no citizen has to “‘pick...
by John W | Apr 6, 2020 | Rollins College
In recent years, a fear has taken hold that democratic erosion is occurring all across the globe, from the United States to the Philippines. Many theories have been introduced in an attempt to explain why this is occurring and how it can be stopped. While the subject...
by Hallie W | Apr 6, 2020 | Rollins College
“Democracy’s Enemy Within,” an article published by the Economist in August of 2019, discusses the fatal flaw that is deteriorating many of the world’s modern democracies from the inside out: Cynicism. Cynicism in a political sense is public distrust towards leaders...
by Megan Lohry | Mar 24, 2020 | Georgia State University
Within the past decade states across the US have increasingly pushed for voter ID laws in an attempt to minimize voter fraud. This seems optimal, however voter fraud has not been proven to be a significant threat to election turnout, while voter suppression has. The...
