Ailey Costantino

The Digital Divide: Social Media’s Role in Polarization and Democratic Backsliding

It was a week after Donald Trump won the US 2024 Presidential Election. My little sister texted me frantically: “Mom keeps accusing Dad of voting for Trump. She can’t get off TikTok… She’s...

La Ultraderecha: Is Spain’s Vox an Example of Right-Wing Populism?

Brown University

On December 17, 2013, Santiago Abascal established the Spanish political organization Vox, which the New York Times describes as “nationalism at its finest” (Source). The organization is notorious...