In Kurt Weyland’s piece on the barriers to populism in America he identifies Republican constraint as one of the protecting factors of American democracy. However, this argument is flawed for several …
WHAT TO SAY AND HOW TO SAY IT: THE “BAN” ON WORDS AT THE CDC AND HOW TRUMP’S POPULIST RHETORIC PLAYS A ROLE by CASSANDRA DULA @ THE OHIO STATE UNIVERISTY
In December of 2017, several news reports – the first of which was the Washington Post – alleged that the Centers for Disease Control had enacted a “ban” on seven words in budgeting documents that …
Trump’s Fake News Awards Are a Threat to American Democracy By Jillian Newman @ Ohio State University
Donald Trump’s recent Fake News Awards may seem like just another harmless jab by Trump to the media that he often taunts, but it is much more than that. To have a sitting president attack his own …
Net Neutrality Is Not Neutral for Democracy by Ron Fornaro @ Ohio State University
Our Values, Change, and Net Neutrality Freedom and Speech and Freedom of the press are two of the most important tenants in our bill of rights and for American civic identity in general, and those …
The Executive Order Does Not Eliminate Institutional Checks by Thomas Baumgarten @ Ohio State University
Some may argue that Trump’s use of the executive order is responsible for the erosion of democracy by eliminating the system of checks and balances that are in place. I will argue that the necessary …
Is Trump the Cause or the Effect of the Apparent Democratic Downslide in America? by Jamie O’Neill @ Ohio State University
Presently, there is seemingly a decay of democracy under the Trump administration. The current administration has acted in ways, that under various circumstances, some of the American people have …
Trump’s Brand of Populism is Spreading–and Why We Should Worry by Kasey Powers @ The Ohio State University
Blue states, it turns out, are not immune to the Trump method of political campaigning. In early February, Illinois State Representative and Republican primary candidate for governor Jeanne Ives …
Bright Line Watch: Who Is Rating Our Democracy? by Max Mapes @ Skidmore College
"At a time of potential danger to American democratic norms and institutions, it is more urgent than ever for scholars to highlight the risks to our system of government." According to Bright Line …