by Wallace Anne Cloud | Apr 13, 2018 | Skidmore College
Sierra Leone has made a dramatic leap of progress towards democracy with peaceful transitions of power over the past couple of decades since the end of the civil war. Freedom House had even awarded the country with a ranking of free after their third successful...
by Gabrielle Minotti | Mar 23, 2018 | Ohio State University
With riots, a nullified election, attempted government shutdowns of the media, a new fake president, and two powerful political leaders polarizing the country, Kenya has certainly had a dramatic past few months. And the men at the center of all the drama? President...
by Cassandra Dula | Mar 21, 2018 | Ohio State University
Despite the results of a referendum held in 2016, Bolivian President Evo Morales has decided to try and run for a fourth term in 2019. As of December 2017, the highest court in Bolivia has given him permission to do just that. Morales returning for a fourth term may...
by Maria Wakeman | Mar 21, 2018 | Yale University
On February 20th, I attended the New Haven Board of Alders meeting, which meets publicly every month. New Haven has a Board of 30 Alders, each one representing a specific section of the city. Demographically, the Board is comprised of predominantly Latino and African...
by BENJAMIN LEE | Mar 15, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
On January 15, 2018, Dariusz Zawistowski, the president of Poland’s National Council of the Judiciary (KRS), the body in charge of maintaining the impartiality of Polish courts, resigned from his position “as a sign of protest” in response to the Law...
