Mauritania, or the Islamic Republic of Mauritania was the last country in the world to legally abolish slavery in 2007, however today a large portion of the Afro-Mauritanian population is still …
Criminal Justice Reform is Necessary for Equality by Oluwabomi Fagbemi @ University of Pennsylvania
I attended #ReformPhilly: Bringing Injustice to Light, an event organized by Roc Nation in conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania’s Political Science department and student activist groups …
Security an Obstacle to Democratization in Burkina Faso by Oluwabomi Fagbemi @ University of Pennsylvania
Democratization efforts face many significant obstacles in Burkina Faso. The most notable one might however be the history of the country itself. Known as Africa’s coup capital, the country has seen …
“Post-Hurricane Maria, the NHV Education Committee Responds to Community Concerns” by Shannon Flores @ Yale University
On Wednesday, February 21st, the Board of Alders’ Education Committee held a public workshop to discuss the welfare of recent student arrivals from Puerto Rico. Present at the meeting were a number of …
New Haven Residents Keep Wells Fargo Divestment on Aldermanic Agenda by Sarah Armstrong @ Yale University
On March 5, New Haven’s Board of Alders conducted an open meeting—as they do twice each month—to review proposed legislation. With my own pew in the sparsely populated aldermanic chamber, I watched …
Why Hungary is democracy’s biggest threat
The greatest threat to Western democracy is the veiled autocratic regime of Hungary. It has survived a decade of diminishing citizen and judiciary rights, and has still been able to gain …
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