University of Chicago

Common Sense-orship- Malak Arafa

Censorship and lack of press freedom in Eritrea: In my previous blog posts, I’ve discussed patterns of democratic erosion in different...

2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg had raised the idea court reform as a part of his platform. He has demonstrated interest in increasing...

Day One in the Buttigieg Administration Compared to the policy-dense campaigns run by Bernie Sanders and other Democratic hopefuls, Pete...

The winner of Spain’s recent general election claims that his party “sent a message to the world that it’s possible to win against regression and...

In March 2019, Turkey held mayoral elections in Istanbul. Istanbul has long been a source of power and prestige for President Erdoğan and his...

On May 6, 2019, a drone dropped flyers outside of an Ariana Grande concert in Sacramento. The flyers read, “the press is the enemy”, “mob...

Polarization is certainly a commonly cited cause of why the current governmental system and Congress seem to be unable to get anything...

On April 24th, a longtime Iowa republican state representative declared that he was leaving the Republican party. In his announcement...

On the 23rd of June, 2016 the United Kingdom voted in a national referendum with a vote of 51.9% to 48.1% to leave the European...