by Chris Merullo | Oct 20, 2022 | Suffolk University
I attended a zoom seminar titled “Youth Civic Participation: More than Just Voting” that focused on discussing why young people aren’t showing up to the polls, but are among the loudest generation in public performances of protest and speaking out about issues...
by Tanner Hines | Apr 28, 2022 | University of Georgia
Voter suppression is one of the most pressing issues facing American democracy today. Many scholars worry we are living through a second coming of Jim Crow as across the nation elected officials are making it harder for people to cast their vote, particularly people...
by Alonzo Lepper | Apr 22, 2022 | Boston University
The year is 2022, and two years have passed since President Donald Trump lost his bid for re-election. Across the country, Republicans at all levels of the political totem pole have adamantly embraced the idea that president Joe Biden was wrongly appointed to office;...
by Thomas Charyton | Mar 16, 2022 | University of Georgia
Voting has been considered a sacred practice for centuries. As one of the main pillars of a democratic society, perhaps the best way to do this in a democratic system is to vote in elections. And yet, so many Americans do not vote despite being eligible and directly...
by Augustus Bayard | Mar 13, 2022 | Brown University
Sometimes it can feel like too much of the energy put into defending American democracy is being spent on symbolic fights. Democrats rail against voter ID laws that don’t do all that much hamper turnout, even among the Black voters they are most worried about. The...
