by Sydney Bechtel | Nov 27, 2022 | Boston University
As most of the Midterm Election races have been decided, it is important to ask how we got here. Left leaning media have given much of the credit of the Democratic party to young voters, who came out in droves to vote and support Democratic candidates like PA senate...
by Cayden Bobley O'Connor | Nov 10, 2022 | Skidmore College
The polls have closed; the votes have been tallied; the election is over — Giorgia Meloni, head of the far-right Brothers of Italy Party is the country’s next prime minister. Meloni, who is the first woman to serve in the office, is a tremendously controversial...
by Beatrice Hernandez | Nov 9, 2022 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
Rodrigo Duterte’s presidential candidacy in the Philippines’ 2016 elections was a breath of fresh air for a majority of Filipinos. In a society of frustrated poor and ordinary citizens where the adage “the rich becomes richer, and the poor becomes poorer” rings very...
by Rachel Neil | Oct 18, 2022 | Boston University
With a proportional parliament, multi-layered elections, and an established separation of powers in government, Italy would appear to many as a strongly democratic nation. However, the country’s recent election of a far-right extremist points to weaknesses in...
by Elizabeth Meyers | Oct 17, 2022 | Boston University
“I alone can fix it”. Five simple words which have the power to jeopardize American democracy. With Trump’s use of such rhetoric at the Republican National Committee (RNC) in 2016 when referring to the political establishment, his bold statements painting the media as...
