‘Idiots,’ ‘criminals’ and ‘scum’ – nasty politics at their highest in the U.S. since the Civil War
Particularly following the Jan. 6. insurrection by Trump’s supporters, journalists and scholars have focused on the rise of the politics of menace.
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Supreme Court rejects ‘independent state legislature’ theory, which would have transformed American elections
For months, legislators, legal scholars and people simply interested in democracy and elections were fixated on a case before the Supreme Court, Moore v. Harper. Those following the case, which asked the justices to rule on the “independent state legislature…
To understand American politics, you need to move beyond left and right
Are Americans really as politically polarized as they seem – and everybody says?
Student reporters fill crucial gap in state government coverage
Devon Sanders, a statehouse reporter and student at the Lousiana State University Manship School of Mass Communication, interviewed State Rep. Katrina Jackson in 2018. Richard Watts, CC BY-ND Student reporters fill crucial gap in state government coverage The local news business is…
Civil rights legislation sparked powerful backlash that’s still shaping American politics
A group of voters lining up outside the polling station, a small Sugar Shack store, on May 3, 1966, in Peachtree, Ala., after the Voting Rights Act was passed the previous year. MPI/Getty Images For nearly 60 years, conservatives have…
Survey: A large number of Americans want an anti-democratic leader
Many Americans, many of them Republicans, seek leaders who would violate basic principles of democracy. AP Photo/Ben Gray By Tarah Williams, Allegheny College; Andrew Bloeser, Allegheny College, and Brian Harward, Allegheny College It might be comforting to think that American…
Brazil’s president visits the White House as he tries to counter rising threats to democracy at home
When Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva meets with President Joe Biden on Feb. 10, 2023, climate change, economic development and security will be on the agenda. But if Lula cannot stabilize his country’s democracy, he won’t be able…