Judith Zhang

Congressional Gridlock and Government Shutdowns: A Sign of Party Polarization in the United States

Congress recently passed a short-term spending bill to narrowly avoid entering a government shutdown. The formal deadline to pass spending legislation was September 2021, but due to divisions in the...

Violence Against Journalists in Mexico: An Attack on Freedom of Press

University of Chicago

This past month, four journalists have been killed in Mexico. Last year, at least seven journalists were killed, marking an unprecedented number of deaths of journalists and reporters. Mexico has...