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  • SOURCE: Historians for Peace and Democracy
    6/14/19

    Why the United States is not a true democracy

    by Van Gosse

    Since the Civil War, a series of constitutional amendments, acts of Congress, and Supreme Court decisions have extended the right to vote, but always through negative prohibitions on what a state or locality may do.

  • SOURCE: Texas Perspectives
    6/10/19

    Voter Restrictions Have Deep History in Texas

    by Laurie B. Green

    Texas’ speedy ratification of the 19th Amendment represents a beacon for women’s political power in the U.S., but a critical assessment of the process it took to win it tells us far more about today’s political atmosphere and cautions us to compare the marketing of voting rights laws with their actual implications.

  • SOURCE: Washington Post
    4/17/19

    How California is dumbing down our democracy

    by Max Boot

    It is a matter of national concern that the California State University (CSU) system is on the verge of further diluting its already inadequate history and government requirements.

  • 4/14/19

    Is the Western World Declining and Russia Rising?

    by Walter G. Moss

    Yes, according to Glenn Diesen’s 2018 book The Decay of Western Civilization and Resurgence of Russia. But this isn't the first time scholars have made such a prediction and been wrong. 

  • SOURCE: The Nation
    4/3/19

    2 Minutes and Counting

    by Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick

    Crises that seemed contained not long ago have now spiraled out of control—and the prospects for resolving them peacefully look depressingly bleak.

  • SOURCE: The Atlantic
    3/21/19

    Nazis Have Always Been Trolls

    by Adam Serwer

    Historically, they rely on murderous insincerity and the unwillingness of liberal societies to see them for what they are.

  • SOURCE: Penguin Random House Website
    12/27/2018 (date accessed)

    How Democracies Die

    by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt

    Two Harvard social scientists, studying history and contemporary events, share their frightening insights.