by Tumay Gulluoglu | Apr 26, 2020 | Bilkent University
Response to COVID-19 pandemic at the state level increasingly presents itself as a better way of observing how well the incumbent leader is capable of conducting effective crisis management, or how far they can go to preserve their own position at the expense of...
by Sara G | Apr 24, 2020 | Rollins College
On April 19th, 2020, rioters took the streets of state capitals to protest against the state closures due to the novel virus SARS-CoV-2. The infectious disease has caused a nationwide lockdown for almost a month now, and on April 19th people wanted to share that they...
by Troy | Apr 24, 2020 | Suffolk University
Interview of Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, hosted by Anderson Cooper for CNN’s Newsroom Have people not learned from the Tuskegee experiment which began in 1932? In the past few days, news outlets and people all over the internet have been re-posting and...
by Claire Northway | Apr 22, 2020 | Suffolk University
On March 16th, more than 90% of California schools closed their doors due to the Coronavirus. The same day, most cities mandated shelter-in-place orders and families were scrambling to find a way to complete daily tasks while under one roof. Local leaders have...
by Kaan Aksoy | Apr 22, 2020 | Bilkent University
Aspiring autocrats do not necessarily need to seek out ways to legitimise their attacks on the institutions of democracy, such as free media, checks and balances, and civil society. Sometimes, such legitimacy is granted to them by the forces beyond the control of...