The Forum of São Paulo: Latin America’s Nightmare?
Latin America faces a wave of challenges since the start of the 21st century, rising inequality, lack of economic growth amongst other issues....
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Proposition 22: Corporate Manipulation at its Worst
In California, proposition 22 seemed innocuous. It was a simple ballot measure, should drivers that use apps like Uber and Lyft be considered...
3 Presidents, 7 Days: What’s the Impact on Peruvian Politicians and Voters?
It seems Peruvians hate corrupt politicians, but love voting for them. Although corruption investigations and reform are normally seen as a...
Are We Out of the Woods Yet?
While President Trump has been defeated, populism still poses a potent threat to our democracy. Trump is a right-wing populist. Müller defines...
Polarization Is Killing Democracy in the United States, Although There Is Hope
On November 7th 2020, Joe Biden was declared 46th president of the United States. The election saw a record turnout rate of over 65%, amounting...
QAnon and America’s Problem with Polarization and Disinformation
Signs from a Trump Rally; photo by Al Drago of the New York Times In early December of 2016, a gunman opened fire in a D.C. restaurant, under the...
Chileans Protest for a New Constitution
From the Occupy Wall Street movement in the United States to the Ni Una Menos collective based in Argentina, protests against neoliberal policies...
Authoritarianism and Donald Trump
President of China, Xi Jinping, in a recent speech to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC), announced that China plans on opening a...
Trump and Democratic Backsliding in the 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...