by Sofia Samoilova | Apr 17, 2025 | Tartu University
On October 10th, 2024 I ordered the freshly released Boris Johnson memoir, Unleashed (Croft,2024). None of my relatives or friends from the UK, nor any of my classmates, paid any attention to this book—except for me, just because it was placed on bookshelves the same...
by Anahi Miranda | Nov 18, 2022 | Boston University
Gang members are secured during a police operation at Izalco jail during a 24-hour lockdown ordered by El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele in Izalco, El Salvador. Photograph released by the El Salvador Presidency on April 25, 2020. Photo by El Salvador...
by Thomas McCarthy | Oct 16, 2022 | Boston University
Populism is a political strategy that targets the general populace, hence the name. In recent times populism has grown in popularity globally. Examples such as Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Egypt, the election of President Donald Trump in the United States, and the appeal...
by Jonathan T | Apr 19, 2021 | Rollins College
Independent, public broadcasters are important in democracies because they are meant to provide unbiased information to the public and to keep the government in check. When Slovenia gave Radio Television of Slovenia (RTV-SLO) its independence in 1991 after years of...
by Ethan Harris | Apr 12, 2021 | Northeastern University
When Donald Trump tweeted, the world listened. More than that, the world reacted. A new @realdonaldtrump Tweet represented an endless array of possibilities—would he announce a new policy? Refute the results of the 2016 election (that he won)? Attack Alec Baldwin? No...
