by sschond1@binghamton.edu | Dec 10, 2022 | SUNY-Binghamton
How football and politics are intertwined in a polarized post-election Brazil The most recent Brazilian presidential election between leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro has left Brazil in a polarized state. Polarization is when...
by Devin Rauscher | Nov 29, 2022 | Boston University
On Thursday, October 27, 2022, Elon Musk officially closed his $44 billion deal to purchase the social media site Twitter. In the following weeks, he fired several of Twitter’s top financial and legal executives, instated and then retracted a new plan for buying...
by Aiden Cardozo | Nov 28, 2022 | Boston University
The rise of populist far-right parties in Europe threatens the continent’s democracies. These parties are dangerous not only because they threaten the political status quo but also because they employ dehumanizing rhetoric towards oppositional candidates which leads...
by Thomas McCarthy | Nov 27, 2022 | Boston University
The rise of polarization here in the United States of America is a major cause of concern for the democratic norms which exist here in the US. Over the years, the United States has undergone a tremendous shift towards unequivocal partisanism. Significant political...
by Owen Taylor | Nov 21, 2022 | Boston University
In 2020 Andrzej Duda won Poland’s presidential election with 51.2 percent of the vote. This very narrow margin unveiled the clear divide of polarization throughout their country. In addition, there are many instances of political sorting through gender and...