Enshrined in the Bill of Rights in 1791, the First Amendment guarantees fundamental freedoms—speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition—ensuring Americans can express opinions and challenge authority without fear of government retaliation. From Trump’s defamation suit against The New York Times to the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel’s show, the president’s targeting of media figures signals a troubling attempt to erode press freedom and the First Amendment.
Read MoreAs the scouts come together over this consensus, they do not obey a single bee or follow suit based on random chance; they come to a consensus based on testing and signaling. This displays a striking similarity to the way in which American Democracy operates.
Read MoreThe Venezuelan crisis under Nicolás Maduro’s regime highlights severe human rights violations and a decline in democracy. Political repression has silenced dissent, while hyperinflation and shortages have caused widespread suffering and mass exodus. This crisis underscores the fragility of democracy and the need for urgent international action to restore human rights and democratic norms.
Read MoreThe growing polarization in American politics, fueled in part by media fragmentation and political elites, has contributed to a sense of disillusionment with the state of democracy. Despite this, there are still opportunities for constructive dialogue and finding common ground.
Read MoreIt may seem like North Carolina is working harder than the devil to disenfranchise voters with one or multiple marginalized identities. Though when everything’s said and done, the efforts will backfire.
Read More“Presentism’s endemic presence in democracy is indeed a reflection of its inherent presence in human nature. For this reason, many will argue that it is impossible to overcome without sacrificing any form of self-governance, but this defeatist critique belies a lack of imagination and ignorance of presentism’s true threat given the civilizational challenges we face.”
Read More“To Srinivasan, cryptographic technologies are an integral development for societal organization and humanity at large. Maintaining that technology is civilization’s true prevailing force, he sees the emergence and growing adoption of cryptocurrency and the underlying blockchain as the cumulation of the very trends of decentralization that can be attributed to the nation-state’s decay.”
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