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On the January 6th Hearings: The GOP Needs to Drain Its Own Swamp

by Kamarin Mann | Jun 10, 2022 | University of California, San Diego

Trump’s acquittal for his second impeachment sets a dangerous precedent for rising players in the GOP, who attempt to follow his lead. The main questions that arose from his historic second impeachment trial can be broken down into (1) the constitutional...

Democratic Backsliding in the United States – It’s Real.

by Aidan Lin | Jun 10, 2022 | University of California, San Diego

I vividly remember my experience six years ago, huddled over the dusty desk in the nook of my room, unable to concentrate on my geometry homework. Why? I was watching coverage of the 2016 election and Florida was just called for Donald Trump. It’s almost impressive...
21 Century Spectacle: How Disinformation, Populism, and Social Media Are A 21 Century Fulfillment of the Concept of Spectacle

21 Century Spectacle: How Disinformation, Populism, and Social Media Are A 21 Century Fulfillment of the Concept of Spectacle

by Roran Ausman | Jun 10, 2022 | University of California, San Diego

How much of the events that we encounter in our political sphere actually happen in the way we think they do? How much of what we know has to do with the narrative formed around it after it happens, if it happened at all?  In 1967, Guy Debord wrote The Society of...

Trump Stacked The Supreme Court: Roe v. Wade Is Just The Beginning

by Ezra Oyarce | Jun 5, 2022 | University of California, San Diego

Roe v. Wade is just one of the first casualties to come as a result of Trump’s brand of stealth authoritarianism and the gradual weakening of American democracy since his rise to power The recent leaked draft decision of Justice Samuel Alito that would seek to...

Looking for Its First Leftist Leader, Colombia’s Second Round of Presidential Elections Take a Right Turn

by Maggie Pierce | Jun 3, 2022 | University of California, San Diego

Following the first round of presidential elections, in which no candidate received a majority of the votes, Colombia’s top two candidates will compete in a runoff election on June 19, 2022.  Colombia is caught up in their presidential election since the...
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