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PHOTOS: At the Chicago “No Kings” Protest

June 16, 2025 By Jack Jones

These were people whom I would call the salt of the earth: coaches, teachers and nurses. The everyday people who love our country.

Medical Risk Factors as Biopower: A Guide to Resistance

June 7, 2025 By Amirsaman Solaymani Tapehsari

Toward the end of the classical period (referring to early modern Europe), a new form of political power, biopower, emerged that aimed to manage and promote life.

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Why Ranked Choice Voting is the Best Choice

June 7, 2025 By Michael Ossipoff

RCV is the only alternative voting system that has been sweeping the country, enacted in many municipalities including state and national elections.

Peace Populism Will Not Make A Change

Peace Populism Will Not Make A Change

April 23, 2025 By Mats Sederholm

Trump and Putin share a language of power rooted in patriarchy, dismissing justice, facts, and peaceful dissent.

A good example of an Iroquois assembly meeting is this painting titled "The Trial of Red Jacket" by John Mix Stanley - source

How New World Peoples Inspired the Age of Democracy

March 24, 2025 By Adrian Tawfik

What is largely underappreciated is how European exposure to the novel concepts of governance helped spark the Enlightenment and give birth to modern democracy.

Trump’s Playbook: A Dangerous Echo of Andrew Jackson

Trump’s Playbook: A Dangerous Echo of Andrew Jackson

March 21, 2025 By Jack Jones

Trump’s policies are reshaping critical aspects of American life, from the economy to environmental regulations, consumer protections, and public safety.

Pandemics and Politics: Iran’s Mahsa Amini Protests

March 14, 2025 By Amirsaman Solaymani Tapehsari

The pandemic acted as an accelerating agent for the movement. Linking medicine with political movements can also help explain other uprisings in the Middle East.

So What Of Gaza? Trump’s Plan And Some Context

February 18, 2025 By David Anderson, J.D.

Trump’s vague plan for Gaza involves relocating its population, but the context of Palestinian rejectionism complicates potential solutions.

A Nation On The Brink

February 8, 2025 By Jack Jones

The Trump Administration is waging war on the people, dismantling democracy, and pushing America toward a new dark age.

Sainte-Lague For Unbiased Proportional-Representation

January 28, 2025 By Michael Ossipoff

There’s been emphasis on single-winner voting-systems because the 1787 Constitution’s requirements, make a joke of any attempt at national equal-representation. 

Webster’s Method – Definition & Demonstration of Unbias

January 6, 2025 By Michael Ossipoff

The House of Representatives apportionment allocation-rule is of timely importance, because we’re hearing in the news that the Democrats’ & Republicans’ numbers of seats are close.

Florida Politics on Israel Takes Spotlight Worldwide

January 5, 2025 By Steve Schneider

Representative Cassel’s switch shows how support for Israel polarizes and drives electoral strategies in Florida politics.

Society On The Brink

December 26, 2024 By Jack Jones

The system feels rigged against many, crumbling under inequities while serving only the privileged few.

Playing the Ref at Nextdoor

December 15, 2024 By Steve Schneider

Experience has taught me that the editors at Democracy Chronicles probably won’t call this article an example of disrespect or public shaming.

The Confession & The Vigil

December 11, 2024 By Peter J. Dellolio

I am very happy to announce that my novel and novella are out now and available to the public. The publisher is Cyberwit.net.

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