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Is it Elon Musk, Twitter, or the Already Growing Populism in the US?

by Ali Cevat Ulubas | Dec 27, 2022 | Sabanci University

Blog Post The Case of Hunter Biden’s Laptop Elon Musk recently bought Twitter, a social media platform that has over 200 million users worldwide. After his purchase Musk announced a couple of new measures such as “relaxing content restrictions, combating fake and...

How Twitter’s Free Speech Policy for Populists Hurts American Democracy

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...

Poland’s Fall to Autocracy Brings Warning Signs to The United States

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...

Has Wisconsin Infringed Upon Citizens’ Voting Rights?

by Braden Jones | Oct 17, 2022 | Boston University

As of July 8, 2022, Wisconsin’s Supreme Court ruled that most of the state’s drop boxes are not allowed. Eligible voters cannot have another person return their absentee ballot on their behalf. This development has huge implications for the upcoming 2022...

The Inequalities and Injustices Immigrants Face

by Anahi Miranda | Oct 16, 2022 | Boston University

NEW YORK, NY – FEBRUARY 16: Immigrants and their supporters rally outside of the Varick Street Federal Immigration Court during a protest against recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, February 16, 2017 in New York City. Last week, U.S....
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