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Dec 5, 20215 min read
7 Ways to Win (or Lose) an Election
"When you turn an election into a three-ring circus, there's always a chance that the dancing bear will win." —Nancy Isenberg 1)...
Dec 2, 20215 min read
Stop the Steal: Democracy Under Siege
"The right to vote is precious, almost sacred. It is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument in a democratic society. We must use...
Nov 22, 20214 min read
Dirty Politics: Has Trump-Era Negativity Brought Us Off the Deep End?
A 2016 Pew Research Center poll found that 92 percent of American voters felt that the 2016 election had “more mudslinging than usual”—a...
Nov 15, 20214 min read
Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain: Whose Interest Does Congress Really Represent?
In November 2019, Matt Gaetz led a group of Republican congressmen to storm the SCIF (Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility), a...
Nov 8, 20215 min read
Coalitions Fractured: The Parties Look Nothing Like They Did 100 Years Ago.
Hell, Even 10 is a Stretch. Republicans are conservative. Democrats are liberal. In 2021, these are not controversial statements to make....
Nov 1, 20214 min read
Does the End Justify The Means?
Rising Hatred for the Opposition Is a Threat to Our Democracy In the 1960s, roughly 5 percent of U.S. parents said they would be unhappy...
Oct 14, 20214 min read
The Partisan Kaleidoscope: Does Our Political Party Alter Our Reality?
Liliana Mason (2018) tells us that “most strongly identified partisans believe (correctly or not) that their party is the generally...
Oct 5, 20213 min read
Identity Crisis: How Religion, Gender, and Class Influence Politics
In the last decade, culture wars have been steadily on the rise. From vagina hats to the transgender bathroom bill—from debates arising...
Oct 4, 20216 min read
The Colorblind Myth: How Racialization Impacts Society
In “The Sum of Us,” McGhee (2021) tells us the story of the “resplendent public swimming pools” that once “graced the American landscape”...
Sep 12, 20214 min read
Unmasked: Public Health Crisis turned Political Litmus Test
How Political Attitudes in the Trump Era shaped the U.S. Pandemic Response As of September 12, 2021, there have been over 650,000 deaths...
Sep 5, 20213 min read
'Boys State' Review: Are the Kids Alright?
“Since 1935, the American Legion sponsored a program for teenagers to learn about democracy and civil discourse through a week-long...
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