by Matthew Mottet | Oct 23, 2018 | Georgia State University
Is it necessarily true that “the cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy”? In 1972 the McGovern-Fraser Commission revolutionized America’s primary system under this quote. For centuries Presidential nominees were chosen through undemocratic methods, but in...
by Anagha Kadambi | Apr 23, 2018 | American University
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, under pressure from the news media, opposition parties, and others, recently withdrew a proposed bill to punish purveyors of so-called “fake news” by stripping them of accreditation.[1] This accreditation allows journalists and...
by Ethan Gruber | Mar 23, 2018 | Ohio State University
Nicknamed “The Bulldozer,” John Magufuli made promises throughout his campaign to attack the corruption that had plagued the public and private sectors of Tanzania for decades. Yet, only three years into his presidency, Magufuli has revealed his disregard for civil...
by Melissa Ma | Mar 23, 2018 | Ohio State University
Early spring marks the brutality of midterms, papers and presentations for most college students. What is even more grueling is the fact that Midwesterners will often meet this new season with prolonged snowstorms that we unfortunately enjoy through the end of April....
by MOUTHCHEATA SE | Mar 12, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
On March 2nd, 2018, approximately 20,000 Slovak protestors gathered in the Bratislava’s Freedom Square to mourn and demand justice for a journalist named Jan Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kusnirova, both of whom were assassinated in their house a few days...
