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 …
Democratic Erosion at the State Level: Felony Disenfranchisement in Florida
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 …
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Las Vegas Mayor Wanting to use Citizens as COVID-19 Guinea Pigs
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 …
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Legislative aggrandizement in sub-national governments. The case of North Carolina.
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 …
Failure to Fix Electoral Shortcomings Risk Democratic Erosion by Lukas McMahon @BostonUniversity
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 …
A State of Chaos: Maine Fights for Democracy by Matthew Jarrell @ Brown University
Federalism is a powerful weapon for state and local governments against an anti-democratic agenda in Washington. Creeping authoritarianism within State Houses, however, is an entirely different matter …
