by Alexa D'Aambrosio | Oct 12, 2020 | Brown University
While COVID-19 has transformed life internationally, a “shadow pandemic” of domestic violence is occurring simultaneously (Godoy). Social isolation, as a result of self-quarantine and government lockdowns, has fostered increasingly dangerous conditions for those at...
by Lauren Smith | Jul 31, 2020 | University of California, Davis
World War II is regarded as the deadliest war in history, showing the abominable consequences of totalitarian regimes and establishing global tensions that still exist today. The war ended more than 70 years ago, and yet political scientists still theorize about what...
by Peter Fedyk | May 15, 2020 | Georgia State University
Poland’s Law and Justice party has infamously peeled back layers of democracy year by year since their surprise majority win in 2015. Using their control of both houses of the legislative branch, the party have made unprecedented moves against the independence of the...
by Cristen Canavino | May 6, 2020 | Georgia State University Perimeter College
For most people, it is virtually impossible to view the Coronavirus pandemic as anything but catastrophic, but for Hungary’s Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, the Coronavirus provides him with a unique opportunity to make an authoritarian power grab. From travel...
by William Solomons, Jr. | Apr 29, 2020 | Georgia State University
An impeachment witness is now an ex-government employee after President Trump asserted his borderline tyrannical presidential powers to remove his political adversaries. 2020 has already been a year of political divisiveness that has been unparalleled in American...
