by David Ardila | May 6, 2019 | University of Chicago
After years of investigations, the special counsel Robert Muller send his written report on conspiracy and obstruction to William Barr on March 22, 2019. On March 24, William Barr, the US Attorney General wrote a now infamous four-page letter to Congress describing...
by Noa Levin | May 6, 2019 | University of Chicago
On June 27, 2018, now-former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announcedthat he would be retiring from his position at the Supreme Court. In the coming months, the United States would witness a conflict – eerily similar to the Anita Hill testimony – over the...
by Justin Saint-Loubert-Bie | May 3, 2019 | University of Chicago
On April 30th, the Sri Lankan government lifted a ban on social media it had put in place following the Easter attacks that had killed 253 people. Officials had initiated the ban in fear that social media platforms would be used to spread misinformation inciting...
by Selena Spencer | Apr 29, 2019 | University of Chicago
This piece argues against Francis Fukuyama’s famous piece “The End of History”. In February 1989 at the University of Chicago in room 122 of the Social Science Research Building, Francis Fukuyama gave a speech about the state of international...
by David Ardila | Apr 29, 2019 | University of Chicago
Democratic erosion and authoritarian tendencies tend to go hand and hand with the executive power. Unlike the self-coups of years past executive aggrandizement has become more common as a way to cling to power in national government, where authoritarian leaders slowly...
