by Monica Greig | Nov 18, 2020 | University of Chicago
In 2018, Barack Obama said, “We’re the only advanced democracy that deliberately discourages people from voting.” This is incredibly problematic and unfortunately incredibly true. Political scientist Joseph Schumpeter [1] defines democracy as an arrangement decided by...
by Tyler Eld | Oct 18, 2020 | Suffolk University
Who is voting in the 2020 presidential election? Will voter norms continue this year, or will things change? In this blog post, I talk about my experience with politics as a college student and how the youngest voting generation is approaching the 2020 US presidential...
by Vielman Cruz | Mar 24, 2019 | University of Memphis
Mutual tolerance from people of different political ideologies is one of the most important cornerstones of true democracy. These guardrails of democracy are so engrained in the American psyche that it can be seen at even the lowest levels of city government. The use...
by Hoang Nguyen | Mar 10, 2019 | Suffolk University
From left to right: Chinese President Xi Jinping, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and US President Donald Trump. Photo: Financial Times Xi Jinping’s Ambition At the 19th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping mentioned that he would maintain the...
by Hannah Upchurch | Feb 12, 2019 | American University
The longest government shutdown to date ended on 25 January 2019, and unless Congress reaches a deal on the border, the government will shut down again in three days. Republican support for the last shutdown took two forms: support for shutdowns as such, and support...
