by Christine Lisette Castillo | Dec 2, 2019 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
What was once crowded with huge amount of trash and foul-smelling sidewalks, the Divisoria district in the Philippines’ capital city, Manila, was cleared of street vendors just two days after Mayor Francisco “Isko” Dimagoso Moreno (pictured above) got into office....
by Camille Nunez | Nov 13, 2019 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
A few months ago, I was playing a video game called Sniper Elite 4; a third person action stealth video game that was set in the post-Nazi era of 1943 amid the fall of the Fascist Italian regime under Benito Mussolini. After I finished its story mode, the vibe of the...
by Daniel Rubinstein | Nov 4, 2019 | Sacramento State University
To the detriment of democracy, populism has returned in force with a new face in many countries of the world, and Ukraine is no exception. (Freedom House 2018) The election of Volodymyr Zelensky to the post of President in Spring of 2019 was spurred by his own...
by Kenjiro Lee | May 8, 2019 | University of Chicago
The readings from this past week are quite clear: the media, specifically “fake news” and the dissemination of “alternative facts,” has proved to be a very strong tool for populist leaders to gain support. As early as Adolf Hitler (Adena et...
by Wenquan Xiao | May 7, 2019 | University of Chicago
On March 30, 2019 Zuzana Caputova, leader of Progressive Slovakia (PS), won a sweeping victory in the country’s presidential election. In a few months, she will become Slovakia’s first female president. Her triumph marks a symbolic victory for liberalism in Central...
