by Isabella Harford | Feb 12, 2020 | Boston University
In recent years, fears surrounding the legitimacy of elections has resulted in greater partisan conflict in the United States. The nation has become consumed by accusatory rhetoric and constant denunciation, rather than policy. Thus, there lays justifiable claim for...
by Carolyn Bean | Feb 12, 2020 | Boston University
Boldened by an impeachment that died a quick death in the Senate and flexing a continuous loosening of congressional restraints, President Donald Trump forcibly removed Ambassador Gordon Sondland and Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman (as well as Vindman’s twin...
by Andrea Gustafson | Feb 12, 2020 | Boston University
While the polarization of modern American politics was displayed in the nearly partisan impeachment of President Donald Trump, the current democratic primary race to decide who will face Trump in the 2020 elections demonstrates just how extreme American polarization...
by Isaac Schneider | Feb 11, 2020 | Boston University
I am an American citizen, white, straight and male. All of these factors would, by any metric, make me more predisposed to expressing my political values through a generally more conservative lens. Notwithstanding these attributes, my core political values skew...
by Glenn Korman | Feb 11, 2020 | Boston University
The lasting impacts of President Trump’s impeachment are still emerging, notably in ways that threaten our already malnourished democratic norms. Democratic norms are the unspoken rules governing the behavior of individuals participating in our democracy. The...
