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The Media Politician: Marcos and the Philippines’ Democratic Erosion

Despite the appearances and active updates on social media of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., his plan for the Philippine government...

For the past seven weeks, Iran has seen national protests with the gravitas to suggest the possibility of revolution. The protests were ignited...

I attended a zoom seminar titled “Youth Civic Participation: More than Just Voting” that focused on discussing why young people aren’t showing up...

“The 2020 Annual Freedom House Report finds that democracy, civil liberties, freedom, minority rights, and pluralism have been in decline...

“I’m scared, Cameron. Things never used to be like this. They were never great but they’ve never been this bad.” This was my mom’s reaction to...

On August 4, 2022, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary gave a speech in Dallas, Texas—by his own admission “more than five thousand miles”...

What is Gerrymandering? Gerrymandering is an issue that has not only stretched through US history in different ways but is something that...

Preparing for this year’s midterms, Democrats have been releasing ads in support of far-right candidates with the belief that these more extreme...

With a proportional parliament, multi-layered elections, and an established separation of powers in government, Italy would appear to many as a...