by Anna Thorner | Apr 30, 2024 | William Jewell College
The United States is one of the world’s oldest democracies, being originally founded in 1776. In contrast to nations that have existed for centuries, America is only 247 years old. Since its founding, America held one idea very highly, which is the system...
by Anoushka Yadav | May 4, 2023 | University of Utah
On a seemingly normal day, America witnessed a threat to democracy. As Joe Biden was gearing up to take office after a turbulent election period, a group of Trump supporters and white supremacists stormed the capital to show their dissent about the election. In a...
by Maggie Doran | Jun 25, 2022 | University of Denver
A peaceful transfer of presidential power seems to be the normal, expected experience. For generations, we have watched as losing candidates respectfully attend the inauguration of their winning counterpart as the losers modestly accept that the outcome of a...
by Becca Richards | Mar 7, 2022 | Ohio State University
On January 12th, 2022, a violent demonstration over vaccine and mask mandates from the far-right led to an attempt on seizing the Parliament building in Sofia. As this rift between the far-right and mainstream politics continues to grow, the implications of...
by Mikaela Linder | Nov 30, 2021 | Suffolk University
For many Americans, the events of January 6th will serve as a reminder of democracy’s darkest days. When verbal assaults on America’s democratic system turned physical, it marked a significant political turning point and exposed fractures in the current system....
