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How Trump and his federal forces are using America’s polarization problem to dismantle American democracy

by Koai Solano Ortiz | Dec 11, 2025 | Northeastern University

America’s two-party system is seeing one of its largest divides in American history. Belonging to one party or the other can be an immediate reason for hatred of another, and both parties are becoming increasingly critical of each other, especially within the...

When Violence Becomes “Politics as Usual”: How Normalization Threatens American Democracy

by Kendall Lucchesi | Nov 28, 2025 | Northeastern University

In the United States today, political violence is no longer an unimaginable notion, it is becoming a background condition of democratic life. Threats against election workers, armed intimidation at state capitols, and assaults on public officials are increasingly...

When Violence Breaks the Surface: The Kirk Incident as a Warning for American Democracy

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...
Trump’s Evolved Form of Populism Works… and Hurts.

Trump’s Evolved Form of Populism Works… and Hurts.

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....

The Death Files: The Trump Administration’s Dangerous and Anti-Democratic ‘Self-Deportation’ Strategy

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...
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