Since taking office in 2017, president of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, has demonstrated a pattern of heavy-handedness, authoritarianism, and privilege that contradicts his carefully crafted global image of …
Could Former President Trump’s Attempt to Overturn the 2020 Election Be a Sign That the United States’ Democracy Is Eroding?
In November of 2020, after a long, drawn out election, it was announced that former Vice President Joe Biden (D) had won the presidential election, beating out his opponent Former President Donald …
Lack of Horizontal Accountability After U.S. Capitol Invasion: A Dangerous Signifier of Democratic Erosion
Horizontal accountability among the branches of government is essential to healthy democracy, and this area of government accountability was threatened after the U.S. Capitol insurrection on January …
Chile’s Constitutional Convention: A Push for Better Democracy, or a Step to Chaotic Decline?
The state of Chile is at a crossroads: one path promising liberal democracy and the other to potential socialism. The choice is up to the Constitutional Convention, an …
New Election Audits Weaken Democracy
Efforts to reverse the outcome of the 2020 US presidential election are still underway, almost a full year after the election. Politicians in Republican states have now taken to subpoenaing voter …
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The Erosion of Israel’s Democracy
It would not be considered a surprise to many that the state of Israel, also known as the occupied territories of Palestine, displays several characteristics of a government threatened by factors of …