Top 20 Articles of May 2025

Top 20 Articles May 2025

Tongues were wagging and posters were posting this May about a recent study in The CEA Critic looking at "Reading Comprehension Skills of English Majors at Two Midwestern Universities," with nearly 100,000 views in May alone. If you've missed this viral hit, now's your chance to weigh in on last month's most-read Hopkins Press journal article! 

Journal of Democracy delivered our second-most-read article, Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way's "The New Competitive Authoritarianism." This spring, Levitsky was interviewed  on NPR's Fresh Air about "America's Path To 'Competitive Authoritarianism." 

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