Laws Ending Early Voting Will Help Republicans and Hurt Democracy
It has been a year since the 2020 presidential election. The ongoing discussions on voter restrictions, harsher voter laws, and voter fraud have...
Universities
Ecuador’s Post-Populist Landscape
After the sharp turn that the Moreno administration took, is Ecuador finally free from Populism’s deadly grip? While it seemed that the...
Nayib Bukele: Changing Democracy, for Better or for Worse?
Two years have passed since Nayib Bukele was elected El Salvador’s 43rd president. He has since made quite an impact on his country. He has...
South Africa: A Return to the Apartheid-era Polarization
South Africa–A Return to the Apartheid-era Polarization? Polarization becomes detrimental to democracy when it divides the people into two...
Faux Populist?: The Case of Álvaro Uribe Vélez
Álvaro Uribe Vélez was the president of the Republic of Colombia from 2002-2010. Prior to and during his time as president, Colombia was engaged...
Kyrgyzstan Faces Protests Over Recent Parliamentary Election
On the tail of Kyrgyzstan’s fourth election this year, President Sadyr Japarov seems to have finally secured an allied parliament but this...
Fake News and Democracy: How Are They Related?
The Idea of fake news and misinformation has been a historic problem for the United States of America. Although there are obvious differences...
Ethiopia’s Civil War Rages Ever On
Ethiopia is descending further into chaos as citizens of Tigrayan descent are being forced into detention centers. To identify them, the police...
Democracy in Bolivia with and without Morales: A Comparison
The health of Bolivia’s democracy has fluctuated since the country’s transition to this structure of government in 1982. Ethnic inequality,...