by Abigail Hassan | Dec 18, 2022 | Boston University
In March 2020, COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic; as the medical community worked to find a vaccine, the information world was rampant with misinformation. The Vietnamese government implemented a state of emergency and began cracking down on misinformation....
by Patrick Walsh | Dec 12, 2022 | Suffolk University
Through most of high school, I thought that the only way to get involved politically was through protests and online movements. It wasn’t until senior year that, after a conversation with a mayoral candidate in my hometown, that I realized I could help make big...
by sschond1@binghamton.edu | Dec 10, 2022 | SUNY-Binghamton
How football and politics are intertwined in a polarized post-election Brazil The most recent Brazilian presidential election between leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro has left Brazil in a polarized state. Polarization is when...
by Abigail Hassan | Dec 8, 2022 | Boston University
On June 23rd 2022, Phan Huu Diep Anh, a Facebook user living in Ho Chi Minh City, was sentenced to one and a half years in prison on the charge of “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe on State and individuals’ legitimate rights and interests,” under Article 331 of...
by Alia Arnold | Dec 6, 2022 | SUNY-Binghamton
Another populist attempts to strengthen their power through eliminating electoral institutions in Mexico. Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador has used his power in the presidency to consolidate power that will inevitably erode democracy. Andrés Manuel López...
