by Cassandra Fitts | Apr 18, 2025 | Boston University
A social security master-list previously known as the ‘Death Master List’ meant for invalidating the social security numbers of deceased individuals is being repurposed in the Trump Administrations newest attempt to halt immigration. Immigrants legally authorized to...
by Brian Farrell Wiggins | Apr 9, 2025 | Tartu University
On the 26 of March, the Estonian parliament (the Riigikogu) passed a constitutional amendment to remove the rights to vote in local elections for non-EU residents (Kangro, 2025). This was sparked by a motivation to disenfranchise residents who are citizens of the...
by Olga Filippova | Apr 8, 2025 | Tartu University
In April 2025, South Korea’s Constitutional Court unanimously confirmed the impeachment of President Yoon Suk-yeol, officially removing him from office after he attempted to impose martial law on December 3, 2024—the first such incident in the history of the Sixth...
by Thomas Lamieri | Apr 7, 2025 | Tartu University
Ballots and Bullets: How Political Violence Is Undermining Democracy in Mexico In 2024, Mexico held one of the largest and most consequential elections in its recent history—electing over 20,000 officials nationwide, including a new president, Claudia Sheinbaum...
by Kadence Jackson | Mar 7, 2025 | The University of Alabama
“The assumption was that voters would be turned off by seeing Trump for what he is — authoritarian, pitiless, hateful — and would recognize him as a kind of Hitler.” “Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has compared US President Donald Trump’s “America First”...
