by Frank Mastroianni | Nov 25, 2020 | Northeastern University
The United States is in the midst of a sea change in public opinion in how it approaches the issue of drug addiction. Proposed changes are not only increasing in popularity by the year but are also arguably good policy that allow for better outcomes for those who have...
by Miguel Rozenberg | Oct 21, 2020 | University of Chicago
Two years ago, I voted for the first time. I’m from Florida, so I was particularly interested in voting for the ratification of Amendment Four of the state constitution. It called for the restoration of around 1.5 million felon’s voting rights. It passed with around...
by Troy | Apr 24, 2020 | Suffolk University
Interview of Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, hosted by Anderson Cooper for CNN’s Newsroom Have people not learned from the Tuskegee experiment which began in 1932? In the past few days, news outlets and people all over the internet have been re-posting and...
by David Ardila | Apr 29, 2019 | University of Chicago
Democratic erosion and authoritarian tendencies tend to go hand and hand with the executive power. Unlike the self-coups of years past executive aggrandizement has become more common as a way to cling to power in national government, where authoritarian leaders slowly...
by Lukas McMahon | Nov 15, 2017 | Boston University
Competitive elections are the bedrock of democracy, but America’s elections are being kept as uncompetitive as possible by party elites. Joseph Schumpeter defined democracy by its “means of a competitive struggle for the people’s vote.” This means that any attempt to...
