by Anusha Anand | Apr 18, 2025 | Boston University
On January 10th, 2025, Nicolás Maduro was inaugurated to serve his third consecutive term as the president of Venezuela. This confirmed the results of the presidential election, which took place in July of 2024, although many regarded it as neither credible nor...
by sapp.140@osu.edu | Nov 4, 2024 | Ohio State University
Ghana, often hailed as a model of democracy in West Africa, now faces a serious challenge to its electoral processes and democratic institutions. Ahead of the country’s December 7th presidential and parliamentary elections, allegations of irregularities in the voter...
by nunez.146@osu.edu | Oct 14, 2024 | Ohio State University
Through the Franklin County Democratic party, I had the opportunity to participate in several canvasing events this past month. On October 11th and 12th I canvased the Clintonville and Northland areas from 12- 2 pm as a part of their “knock on doors” campaign to...
by Sophia Janssens | Oct 9, 2024 | Brown University
Before October of 2023, Freedom House described Poland as having “the swiftest democratic decline in the [European] region.” The far-right, nationalist Law and Justice party (PiS) had been in power since 2015. The years of their rule were characterized by recognized...
by Kate Hein | Apr 10, 2024 | Ursinus College
Senegal has been a democracy since 1960 when it first gained independence. It is one of the only countries in Africa to have never suffered a coup since their independence. Now, in the past month, Senegal has seen dramatic backsliding. However, all of the backsliding...
