by Ashley Agyekum | Apr 30, 2019 | Georgia State University
The institution of democracy is one that allows its people the freedom to choose their leaders without fear of repercussion or the leaders’ ability to reject election results. Although these standards are true of democracy, there are ways it is disintegrated by...
by Ian Henson | Apr 28, 2019 | University of Chicago
A successful representative democracy is dependent on the expression of the citizens’ interests and views in society through “popular sovereignty”. This idea is the foundation of any working democracy where representatives are tasked with both representing and acting...
by Madison Wadsworth | Apr 4, 2019 | Utah State University
Madison R. Wadsworth It seems as though every day there is another article about the United States President, Donald Trump, calling reporters foul names, trying to bar partisan press from press conferences, or casually dismissing their findings by the now infamous...
by Garrett Rich | Apr 3, 2019 | Utah State University
The media is the main source of information concerning current events and politics, because of this it has a lot of power to influence the minds of its viewers, for better or for worse. In the current political climate, the political parties have become polarized as...