by Lucas Rie | Oct 7, 2026 | Boston University
On September 30th, Turkey’s Criminal Court of Peace banned T24, a news portal based in the country, for alleged “LGBT Propaganda”. This follows suit in a growing number of interdictions spurned on by Recep Erdoğan, the current president since 2014’s, right leaning and...
by Lyndsey Pettengill | Apr 19, 2026 | Suffolk University
How fast can a democratic empire fall? If you ask Donald Trump, he will likely tell you that any answer is not fast enough. While the hallmarks of American democracy have been suffering greatly in the domestic sphere, it would seem that this is...
by Lizzie Casazza | Mar 30, 2026 | University of Houston
In November 2023, self-proclaimed anarcho-capitalist Javier Milei won the Argentinian presidency. His campaign ran on the promise of dismantling the existing political establishment that many Argentinians had grown dissatisfied with. Yet, rather than departing from...
by Clara Chrisman | Nov 1, 2025 | University of Georgia
When asked about Hungary’s leader, Viktor Orban, Donald Trump stated, “There’s nobody that’s better, smarter or a better leader than Viktor Orbán. He’s fantastic”. Considering the illiberal, autocratic government style that Orban practices, one may ask why the...
by Lillian Garner | Apr 20, 2025 | University of Memphis, Featured
With the recent elections in Germany, there is a clear growth in favor of populist leaders. The election saw record-breaking voter turnout, with 82.5% of eligible voters participating. This is a significant jump from 76.6% in 2021. This shows that the German public is...
