by Methusella Rwabose | Jun 25, 2022 | University of Denver
It’s been nearly three years since most Americans elected president Biden into office; however, his election left some Americans hopeless and unsure of American exceptionalism regarding democracy as many American once knew it. The hopelessness is not because...
by Madison Smrz | Oct 14, 2020 | University of Georgia
The sweeping reforms of Hugo Chávez not only initiated democratic breakdown within Venezuela, but also signaled a rise in opposition against the increasingly authoritarian regime that remains prevalent to this day. Recently, rising violence in Venezuela by the current...
by Saadia Ali | Feb 11, 2020 | Boston University
As the American president finished delivering his 2020 State of the Union Address, the highest-ranking member of the opposing political party got to her feet and ripped the President’s speech into pieces. Her display constituted a nonverbal accusation of illegitimacy;...
by Allison Todd | Mar 31, 2019 | University of Memphis
When I was a child, I would ever-so-often hear my mother ask my grandmother what had happened in the most recent election commission meeting; my grandmother, active in the local political sphere as an opinion writer, would gladly tell her everything. I would always...
