by Nisha Rao | Feb 13, 2022 | Boston University
Many saw Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election as a light at the end of a four year long tunnel of anti-democratic behaviors and rampant populism. As Joe Biden and his administration took over, it became apparent that many of the anti-democratic tendencies of his...
by Madeline Price | Feb 13, 2022 | Ohio State University
Thousands of local newspapers have disappeared across the United States over the past 15 years. Half of U.S. counties have only one local paper — and some have none at all. This decline of local news decreases civic engagement, increases polarization, and threatens...
by Sarah Hoffman | Feb 12, 2022 | Ohio State University
On January 20th of this year, the Justice Department dropped all of its charges against Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Gang Chen, conceding that their evidence no longer met the burden of proof. Dr. Chen had been arrested in January of last year on...
by Vikram Joshi | Feb 8, 2022 | University of Chicago
Texas’s Senate Bill 1 (SB1) recently came into effect, and with it come further restrictions on the already limited program of mail-in ballots. It was already true that the program may only be used by those over the age of 65, out of town, or disabled, and now there...
by Lina Klak | Feb 5, 2022 | University of Chicago
In Ukraine’s 2019 presidential election, comedian Volodymyr Zelensky won 73% of the run-off vote, unseating incumbent Petro Poroshenko. Watching from the United States— this was a tale that was unnervingly all-too familiar. Before becoming the President of Ukraine,...
