By: Elizabeth Perez I chose the article “How Banning Abortion in the Early Weeks of Pregnancy Suddenly Became Mainstream” I think that in general many states or even worldwide this has …
Texas Voter ID Laws as an Exercise of Stealth Authoritarianism by Ryan Fleishman
In his essay Stealth Authoritarianism, Ozan Varol posits “Laws that regulate voter registration, which exist in virtually all democratic nations to ensure electoral fairness, afford the opportunity to …
The Danger of Surface-Level Populism by Radhika Upadhye
In recent years, a number of countries around the world have given rise to strongmen political leaders who many consider to be …
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Running Against Populism, by Ronen Schatsky
Democrats are lining up to run against President Trump, and they will be confronting a unique challenge. Not only are they running against an incumbent president, a historically difficult feat, but …
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Gerrymandering: Legalized and Systematic Democratic Erosion by Megha Bhattacharya
The term “populism” has seemingly oversaturated the American political vocabulary overnight. And yet, populist movements have defined the world stage for generations. Just within the last three …
Putin: a Populist or a Stealth Authoritarian? – By Julia Fischer
In the article, “How Democracies Fall Apart,” Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Erica Frantz name various populist leaders that have come to power since the end of the Cold War, and they discuss how these …
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