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posted on by Giacomo Ramos
University of Chicago Tagged With: Brazil, Latin America, partisan politics, partisanship, Polarization
Allying an anti-corruption and anti-communism discourse with a vague desire for change, Jair Messias Bolsonaro won the turbulent 2018 Brazilian presidential election, surpassing movements like #EleNão …
Continue Reading about Icarus from Ipanema: The Fatal Mistake of the Brazilian Left →
posted on by Timmy Lee
University of Chicago Tagged With: elections, gerrymandering, Iowa, partisan politics, partisanship, redistricting, United States, United States democracy
On June 27, 2019, the US Supreme Court gave its ruling on two significant cases called Lamone v. Benisek and Rucho v. Common Cause. The reason why I am linking these two Supreme Court cases together …
Continue Reading about Why Gerrymandering Is a Danger to American Democracy →
posted on by Matthew Mitchell
Suffolk University Tagged With: American politics, Bias, partisan politics, Senate
A few weeks ago, I was honored to have been a viewer of “America’s Divided Mind: Understanding the Psychology that Drives Us Apart”. This panel of experts raised a great deal of important ideas during …
Continue Reading about Miscommunication: The Downfall of American Democracy →
posted on by Tzion Jones
Brown University Tagged With: Africa, African National Congress, African policitcs, Apartheid, partisan politics, Party, Race, South Africa
Just because a new government 'checks all the boxes' of a democracy doesn’t mean it’s going to run smoothly. The conditions under which a democratic society is born have lasting impacts on the …
Continue Reading about Pre-Existing Condition: Scars from Apartheid Keep a Young Democracy Down →
posted on by Fiona Duenyas
Koç University Tagged With: Argentina, Civil society, dirty war, kirchner, partisan politics, plaza de mayo, social movement
“We are children of the Mothers and Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo. And this is why we insist on permanently supporting the strengthening of the international system for the protection of human rights …
