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After President Joe Biden called for a Global Democracy Summit, other nations questioned the United States’ authority as a guide for democracy given its broken state. The United States and other …
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For just over a year the world has been swept up in a pandemic. This pandemic has affected nearly every person on Earth in some way or another. According to the Economist in The Pandemic has Eroded …
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Thomas B. Edsall examines the extent to which social media platforms have contributed to democratic backsliding in the United States in his article, "Democracy Is Weakening Right in Front of Us". …
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In a NY Times Op-ed, Edsall warns that democracy is weakening right in front of our eyes, and more specifically, right on our screens. The age of techno-pessimism is here and here to be heard. Drawing …
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United States foreign policy is a crucial point of debate for many politicians. President Joe Biden’s approach to international relations heavily contradicts former president Donald Trump’s, much to …
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According to the New York Times article “For Democracy to Stay, the Filibuster Must Go” by The Editorial Board, back in early March, the House of Representatives passed H.R.1. This bill is a set …
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At the beginning of March, Senegal experienced one of its most violent protests in recent history. The protests were a response to the arrest of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, who was …
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As life slowly returns to normalcy, a menacing roadblock stands in the way of fully mitigating the Pandemic: Evangelical Christians. According to an article in the New York Times titled White …
