by JASPER PAGTALUNAN | May 23, 2024 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
Antecedent to Leni Robredo’s declaration of her presidential candidacy in the 2022 Philippine elections, a vibrant pink becomes a beacon of hope initiating a people-led movement that soon rallied for the presidential aspirant’s “honest government” campaign “for a...
by JOHN MARK SANTOS | May 23, 2024 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
Who would have thought that the term ‘change’ could undermine streamlining the bureaucratic process by growing the political division and recurring issues in Philippine politics? With the effects of global grievances, will Charter Change be coming? Charter Change or...
by DANELLA IDELLE DELA CRUZ | May 23, 2024 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
Dubbed by analysts as the “most significant election in the Southeast Asian nation’s recent history”, the last 2022 national elections was the most polarized and most participated with a voter turnout of 83% or 55,549,791 of the 65,745,512 registered voters—the...
by Jocelyn Hayes | May 10, 2024 | William Jewell College
The United States has been facing political polarization since the early 1970s – but the uprise of technology, media, and freedom of expression has demonstrated how a dramatic shift in political attitudes has become increasingly personal among civilians and has...
by Anna Thorner | Apr 30, 2024 | William Jewell College
The United States is one of the world’s oldest democracies, being originally founded in 1776. In contrast to nations that have existed for centuries, America is only 247 years old. Since its founding, America held one idea very highly, which is the system...