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posted on by Greta Thurston
Cyprus is a small country in the Mediteranian with a relatively new Democracy. In the early 1900’s Cyprus was a British colony but it gained independence in 1960. In 1960 Greek and Turkish communities …
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posted on by James Walsh
Suffolk University Tagged With: Democratic Erosion, Golden Dawn, Greece, neo fascism
Photo by Massimiliano Donghi on Unsplash Earlier this fall Greek courts handed down rulings that changed its political landscape. The leaders of the Golden Dawn party were convicted …
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posted on by Samantha Garcia
Suffolk University Tagged With: elections, Minority Representation, voter disenfranchisement, Voter Identification, Voter Suppression, Voter Turnout
Voter turnout has been studied for decades. Demographics of voting and registered voters changes with every election, presidential or not, each vote is counted for a statistic. Now, in saying that, it …
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posted on by Mayur Patel
Northeastern University Tagged With: 2020 Election, Biden, democracy, democratic backsliding, election fraud, presidential election, Trump, United States
President Trump is a major source of democratic backsliding in the U.S.; it is time that he accepts defeat in the 2020 election. “What they’re doing is using COVID to steal an election. They’re …
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posted on by Matthew Morano
On December 18th, 2010, a Tunisian street vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in response to the confiscation of his wares and the harassment and humiliation inflicted upon him by …
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posted on by Porscha Maurer-Cordova
On November 3rd, the entire United States and other countries looked towards the government, focusing on President Donald Trump and Candidate Joe Biden. Ballot counting, electoral college votes, and …
