by Alia Arnold | Dec 6, 2022 | SUNY-Binghamton
Another populist attempts to strengthen their power through eliminating electoral institutions in Mexico. Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador has used his power in the presidency to consolidate power that will inevitably erode democracy. Andrés Manuel López...
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 Samuel Soman | Nov 27, 2022 | Boston University
Pictured: Giorgia Meloni History is Made On September 20th, 2022, Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the Brothers of Italy (FDI) party, was appointed Italian Prime minister via a snap election. This election came about due to the resignation of former PM Mario Draghi. In...
by Isabelle Megosh | Nov 27, 2022 | Boston University
In May 2022, Sinn Féin, Northern Ireland’s largest nationalist party, won the most seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly, marking the first time a nationalist party in support of a reunited Ireland has won the most seats under Northern Ireland’s power-sharing...
by Josiah Kim | Nov 26, 2022 | Boston University
South Korea is still extremely young in its democracy compared to the rest of the developed world, becoming a democracy post Korean War around 1950. Nonetheless, the inexperience in regard to democratic culture and norms did not stop them from being one of the highest...
