by Anthony Stenzel | Oct 23, 2020 | University of Chicago
On August 9, 2020, Belarus held its presidential election. This is the first time in many decades where the current president, Alexander Lukashenko, has been seriously challenged by an opposition candidate. This election has been criticized from around the globe, but...
by María Odériz | Oct 23, 2020 | University of Chicago
Last Wednesday Spain reached 1 million Covid-19 cases and the numbers are steadily rising. With official government sources admitting that the real data might be even higher -around 3.5 million cases- and the country immersed in a second wave, the...
by Atman Mehta | Oct 23, 2020 | University of Chicago
Despite not having grown up in the US, for virtually all my life I’ve heard about the robustness of American democracy, including – especially – the strength of its judiciary. Given those childhood...
by Patrick Connor | Oct 22, 2020 | Brown University
One month before Election Day, Republican Governor Greg Abbott issued two executive orders altering the newfound role of Texas as a swing state in the 2020 federal elections. First, he restricted mail-in ballot drop off locations to one per each of the 254 counties in...
by Kristy Lam | Oct 21, 2020 | University of Chicago
On October 15, when escalating protests led to thousands of demonstrators gathering publicly on the anniversary of a student-led uprising against a military dictatorship, Prime Minister Prayut invoked a state of emergency in Bangkok. The Emergency Decree cited “groups...
