The most recent United States government shutdown of 35 days recently ended on January 25th. This wasn’t the first shutdown: there have been 13 government shutdowns since 1981, but the threat of the …
“The Insidious Underpinnings of the Longest Shutdown in American History” by Lily Bryant
It was roughly three weeks ago when the longest government shutdown in American history came to an end in a frankly shocking moment of bipartisanship. The recent spending bill - passed in Congress and …
The Polish threat to the integrity of the European Union by Aram Martirosyan
The rise in the number of right wing nationalist governments over the recent years has not inspired an optimistic outlook on the prospect of the world affairs as it stands. The …
John Adams, Donald Trump, and the Painful Saga of American Authoritarianism by Eli Kramer
On January 27th of 2017, seated in front of the Presidential Seal, U.S President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 13769, barring any citizen from seven countries -- Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, …
Unconfirmed and Unaccountable: Trump’s Embrace of Acting Agency Heads Erodes Democracy by Nicholas Bornstein
Just over a month ago, President Donald Trump remarked to a group of reporters that, “…my actings are doing really great… I sort of like ‘acting’. It gives me more flexibility; do you understand …
How the Republican Party Failed to Keep a Populist Demagogue off of the 2016 Presidential Ballot by Kendall Sirica
In the months leading up to and following Donald Trump receiving the official nomination as the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, it was obvious that Democratic politicians opposed him, but, …