by Stavros Ligris | Sep 11, 2025 | Boston University
By Stavros Ligris The shooting of Charlie Kirk during a university event in Utah this September has been described as shocking, tragic, and destabilizing. But it should also be understood as part of a larger pattern of democratic decline in the United States. What...
by Danielle Bogan | Apr 20, 2025 | University of Memphis
Trump has been called a populist since his initial campaign in 2016, with his ideas being mostly the same over the years: dismantle the Department of Education, impose tariffs on Mexico and China, and get rid of immigrants and their chances of birthright citizenship....
by Cassandra Fitts | Apr 18, 2025 | Boston University
A social security master-list previously known as the ‘Death Master List’ meant for invalidating the social security numbers of deceased individuals is being repurposed in the Trump Administrations newest attempt to halt immigration. Immigrants legally authorized to...
by Jamieson Smith | Feb 14, 2025 | Boston University
No longer the “Shining City Upon a Hill” as President Reagan proudly claimed in his parting note in 1989, the U.S. has been demoted from a “full democracy” to a “flawed democracy” – an indictment of the so-called uniqueness of...
by higgins.623@osu.edu | Oct 10, 2024 | Ohio State University
“I’ll talk to you the minute you stop killing children,” he proclaims as he closes the door in our faces. My roommate, a public policy major, has been interning as a campaign assistant for Beryl Brown Piccolantonio, a Democratic candidate for the 4th district in...
