“Open the door so the next bicentennial is full of hope, with a future and a vision for a country in which we all enjoy and eat from the bread of the country,” President of Peru Pedro Castillo urged during his 2021 presidential campaign. Castillo...
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“Open the door so the next bicentennial is full of hope, with a future and a vision for a country in which we all enjoy and eat from the bread of the country,” President of Peru Pedro Castillo urged during his 2021 presidential campaign. Castillo...
On a Wednesday night last August, the Shippensburg Area School Board held a special meeting. The nine members sat behind a table in the cafeteria of the local middle school, facing several rows of chairs laid out for parents, students, and other atte...
On a Wednesday night last August, the Shippensburg Area School Board held a special meeting. The nine members sat behind a table in the cafeteria of the local middle school, facing several rows of chairs laid out for parents, students, and other atte...
The dangerous facilitation of disinformation and misinformation online is now a defining characteristic of social media platforms. Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, and other platforms have faced controversy for abetting the rapid proliferation of ...
The dangerous facilitation of disinformation and misinformation online is now a defining characteristic of social media platforms. Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, and other platforms have faced controversy for abetting the rapid proliferation of ...
For all but four years since its formation in 1955, Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has maintained a firm grip on Japanese politics. Despite sinking poll numbers due to the LDP’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and its decision to...
For all but four years since its formation in 1955, Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has maintained a firm grip on Japanese politics. Despite sinking poll numbers due to the LDP’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and its decision to...
Although Canada’s recent federal election was anticlimactic, it demonstrated the ways that Canada’s first-past-the-post electoral system distorts the will of voters. By the end of election night on September 20, 2021, the Canadian House of Common...
Although Canada’s recent federal election was anticlimactic, it demonstrated the ways that Canada’s first-past-the-post electoral system distorts the will of voters. By the end of election night on September 20, 2021, the Canadian House of Common...
The king must go. This is the sentiment sprayed onto shop walls, shared on WhatsApp statuses, and chanted across the Kingdom of Eswatini. Eswatini was known internationally as Swaziland until 2018, when King Mswati III changed its name. He is Africa...
The king must go. This is the sentiment sprayed onto shop walls, shared on WhatsApp statuses, and chanted across the Kingdom of Eswatini. Eswatini was known internationally as Swaziland until 2018, when King Mswati III changed its name. He is Africa...
Stephen Kinzer is an award-winning author and journalist who spent more than twenty years working for The New York Times, primarily as a foreign correspondent. From 1983 to 1989, Kinzer was The New York Times Bureau Chief in Nicaragua, where he cover...
Stephen Kinzer is an award-winning author and journalist who spent more than twenty years working for The New York Times, primarily as a foreign correspondent. From 1983 to 1989, Kinzer was The New York Times Bureau Chief in Nicaragua, where he cover...
“George Soros backed the violence in Charlottesville.” “Liberal media threatens to violently destroy Mount Rushmore.” You have probably seen many sensationalist headlines and bogus claims like these propagated by the likes of Fox News, Newsma...
“George Soros backed the violence in Charlottesville.” “Liberal media threatens to violently destroy Mount Rushmore.” You have probably seen many sensationalist headlines and bogus claims like these propagated by the likes of Fox News, Newsma...
Political opponents jailed. Press censored. Civil liberties restricted. Human rights abused. All in response to widespread protests against the prevailing government. The year was 1975, when then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, confronting stalwart res...
Political opponents jailed. Press censored. Civil liberties restricted. Human rights abused. All in response to widespread protests against the prevailing government. The year was 1975, when then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, confronting stalwart res...
Max Pushkin ’22.5 and Ben Lipson ’22.5 are two of the co-founders of Make Room, a grassroots political action committee. On a cloudy June morning in the state of Kentucky, voters lined up across the state to cast their ballots in the 2020 Democra...
Max Pushkin ’22.5 and Ben Lipson ’22.5 are two of the co-founders of Make Room, a grassroots political action committee. On a cloudy June morning in the state of Kentucky, voters lined up across the state to cast their ballots in the 2020 Democra...
As the majority of US voters celebrate President-elect Joe Biden’s seemingly convincing victory in last week’s election, political commentators have been quick to temper the left’s jubilation in anticipation of a divisive transfer of power that...
As the majority of US voters celebrate President-elect Joe Biden’s seemingly convincing victory in last week’s election, political commentators have been quick to temper the left’s jubilation in anticipation of a divisive transfer of power that...
Freedom House, a nonpartisan watchdog organization dedicated to the expansion of freedom and documenting the progress of democracy, recorded the 14th straight year of decline in global freedom. Individuals in 64 countries experienced deterioration in...
Freedom House, a nonpartisan watchdog organization dedicated to the expansion of freedom and documenting the progress of democracy, recorded the 14th straight year of decline in global freedom. Individuals in 64 countries experienced deterioration in...