The Shelby County v. Holder Supreme Court decision occurred in June 2013. The premise of the case was that Shelby County, Alabama sued the federal government over sections 5 and 4(b) of the 1965 …
Information Literacy and Fake News by Isabet Tranchin
While propaganda in democracies have been studied for decades, the scope has widened to include other terms. Following disagreements between the media's evidence and the White House Press Secretary …
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Dawn of Digital Totalitarianism by Luis Sierra
Since President Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, China has significantly increased controls over its already censored cyberspace. With the introduction of the social credit system which is aiming by …
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Populism in France: a threat to the European Union?
May 26th marks the day of the European elections and in France, tensions are at a boiling point. On the front-lines of Europe’s battle against populism, France’s resistance is not new. Two years ago, …
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Is Poland scapegoating LGBT people? by Victoria Malloy
Warsaw Pride 2015 (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz) (The Associated Press) Jan-Werner Müller distinguishes populism from other political movements that utilize the …
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