by Stasya Rodionova | Oct 24, 2020 | University of Chicago
In late June of 2020 the Russian government held a nation-wide plebiscite on a series of constitutional amendments proposed earlier this year by President Vladimir Putin. Among a myriad of changes like constitutionally banning same-sex marriage, fortifying instruction...
by Rose Burns | Oct 17, 2020 | Suffolk University
Can young voters change their low turnout history in the 2020 Presidential Election? As a child, my mother always made a point to drag me along with her to all elections, big or small. She tried to make an event out of it, and would always let me keep her “I voted!”...
by Mayur Patel | Oct 14, 2020 | Northeastern University
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about unprecedented changes in the world, leaving the right to vote in the United States under siege. One of the pandemic’s most significant impacts will be on the 2020 U.S. presidential election. In its almost 250 years of history,...
by John Russo | Apr 8, 2020 | Boston University
Earlier in the year and in late 2019, the Republican party in the US has been suppressing voters and voter turnouts through voter roll purges and the passage of voter ID laws. Since then, attempts at voter suppression have increased in this new age of COVID-19. The...
by Michael De Dios | Dec 11, 2019 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
For years, there have been successful attempts to erode a democracy. In Argentina, Juan Peron helped lead a successful coup for two and a half years before making his bid for presidency. Augusto Pinochet, Commander-in-chief of the Chilean army, led a coup d’état in...
