by Mary Renfroe | Oct 15, 2020 | University of Georgia
While there have been highly contentious U.S. presidential elections in the past, there has never been reason to question if the presidential incumbent would step down in the face of a loss. However, as with many political traditions, Trump has broken this assumption...
by Gianluca Mangione | Oct 15, 2020 | Northeastern University
With the United States approaching its most contentious election yet, the atmosphere feels like a Latin American déjà vu… As President Hugo Chavez threatened his opponents on live television the night of December 5th of 2007, Venezuelan college students celebrated...
by Frank Mastroianni | Oct 15, 2020 | Northeastern University
The principle of “one man, one vote” is under threat in America. The idea that everyone is able to vote in a free and fair election is a core democratic value critical to uphold. Unfortunately, events over the past decade have shown us that this principle is under...
by Eleanor Eng | Oct 14, 2020 | Brown University
As an increasingly broad spectrum of issues start to become topics of partisan debate, it is important to examine the significance and implications of forcing these previously-neutral matters into the political arena. It is particularly worrisome that scientific facts...
by Rickeil Topiwala | Oct 14, 2020 | Northeastern University
Ethiopia’s democracy has been slowly backsliding. What started as a successful new era for leader Abiy Ahmed with sweeping government reforms and even a Nobel Peace Prize has dissolved into near authoritarianism. So what happened? In 2018, Abiy Ahmed took office...
