by Mim Rojvirasingh | Nov 18, 2020 | University of Chicago
In Thai politics, hostility is not a good look. Trump-style demagoguery of directly bashing opponents can almost never be found among political leaders in Thailand. However, that does not mean that Thai politicians and leaders embrace political differences nor does it...
by Eliza Beckerman-Lee | Nov 18, 2020 | University of Chicago
Peru has a history of morally dubious and corrupt politicians, in fact “the past five presidents, who together governed for 33 years, have each been investigated or jailed for corruption.” But this time it is Congress, not the president, that has come under fire....
by Preeya Patel | Nov 17, 2020 | University of Chicago
One of the specific criteria of populist leaders according to Jan-Werner Müller is antipluralism. He writes, “[Populists] claim that they and they alone represent the people.” [1] Instead of recognizing “the people” as a diverse set of groups with different identities...
by Grace Dalton | Oct 26, 2020 | Georgia State University
In 1966, just two short years before his life would be taken by the infuriated opposition, Martin Luther King, Jr. said in an interview, when asked about “Black Power,” that “a riot is the language of the unheard” (“A riot…”). Though King spoke this about...
by Connor Weathers | Oct 25, 2020 | Suffolk University
Americans are not as polarized as we think we are. A new report from Beyond Conflict, a non-profit that leverages research from cognitive and behavioral science to address issues of conflict resolution, reconciliation and social change, finds that Democrats and...
