by Marley Belanger | Oct 19, 2020 | Suffolk University
The influence of the youth in activist movements is not a novel phenomenon. Movements in the United States, Hong Kong, Thailand, and many other countries have seen youth at the forefront of their individual struggles for democracy. What is new about this phenomenon is...
by Taya Fontenette | Oct 14, 2020 | Northeastern University
What is being called a “modern-day poll tax” has found its way to The Sunshine State. Since the 2018 referendum to grant automatic re-enfranchisement to over a million of their citizens with felony convictions, the state legislature has backpedaled and applied...
by Marina Pence | Apr 9, 2020 | Boston University
We have all heard the phrase “This is the most important election of our lifetime.” This time probably more than ever. But even more popular these days is a version of, “This is an unprecedented time,” and it’s not because of the election. It’s the result...
by Sara Goldman | Apr 8, 2020 | Boston University
The Coronavirus, or COVID-19 pandemic, is an unprecedented global infectious disease disaster. The initial outbreak was in Wuhan, China at the end of 2019, but it has since spread all over the world, with the US having the highest number of cases worldwide. In the US,...
by Isaac Schneider | Feb 11, 2020 | Boston University
I am an American citizen, white, straight and male. All of these factors would, by any metric, make me more predisposed to expressing my political values through a generally more conservative lens. Notwithstanding these attributes, my core political values skew...
