by Yidian Zhao | Nov 15, 2025 | University of Pittsburgh
In July 2023, South Korea was hit by severe monsoon rains. The Marine Corps was dispatched to Yecheon for rescue operations. Corporal Chae Su-geun, a 20-year-old marine, and his team were ordered to enter fast-moving floodwaters without life vests or safety equipment....
by Damian Preciado | Oct 20, 2025 | Arizona State University
Recent reports by The New York Times share a growing consensus within the judiciary of an impending crisis, with a lack of clarity creating foreseeable conflict and confusion. The article noted a survey that went to over 400 federal judges; 65 of them responded. These...
by Daniel Sandoval Vasquez | Oct 19, 2025 | Arizona State University, Featured
When Peru’s Congress voted unanimously on October 10, 2025, to remove President Dina Boluarte for “permanent moral incapacity,” the decision was framed as a constitutional act. In reality, it exposed the depth of Peru’s institutional decay...
by Arianna Lopez | Oct 18, 2025 | Arizona State University
Modern autocratization is often marked by executive leaders weaponizing the legal system of the democratic country they were elected to lead. It allows for an easy way of legitimizing controversial political moves, giving them a legal veneer in order to conceal their...
by Stavros Ligris | Sep 11, 2025 | Boston University
By Stavros Ligris The shooting of Charlie Kirk during a university event in Utah this September has been described as shocking, tragic, and destabilizing. But it should also be understood as part of a larger pattern of democratic decline in the United States. What...
