by Lina Klak | Mar 4, 2022 | University of Chicago
Now that Vladimir Putin has launched a full-scale invasion against Ukraine, it is difficult to argue with the reality that Russia should now be considered a fully autocratic regime. Putin has shown that he is okay with disregarding long-standing international norms by...
by Saba Johnson | Feb 25, 2022 | University of Chicago
Belarus is a shockingly young country, having gained its independence in 1991 following the fall of the Soviet Union. Censorship is not a new phenomenon within the country, but it appears to be growing more extreme and restrictive by the year. With the recent start of...
by Eve Meadow | Feb 25, 2022 | University of Chicago
In Serbia today, President Aleksander Vucic is continuing Serbia’s plunge into the pool of eroding democracy by conducting soft censorship of the media. Aleksander Vucic began his political journey as the minister of information of Serbia during the Yugoslav wars, in...
by Madeline Price | Feb 13, 2022 | Ohio State University
Thousands of local newspapers have disappeared across the United States over the past 15 years. Half of U.S. counties have only one local paper — and some have none at all. This decline of local news decreases civic engagement, increases polarization, and threatens...
by Judith Zhang | Feb 4, 2022 | University of Chicago
This past month, four journalists have been killed in Mexico. Last year, at least seven journalists were killed, marking an unprecedented number of deaths of journalists and reporters. Mexico has been consistently named as the most dangerous country in the world for...
