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Day One in the Buttigieg Administration Compared to the policy-dense campaigns run by Bernie Sanders and other Democratic hopefuls, Pete Buttigieg’s candidacy has, thus far, been surprisingly free …
Continue Reading about Pete Buttigieg: the anti-backsliding candidate? by Emily Maercklein →
Authoritarians do not just cling to power, they fight for it until their very last breath. President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is one of the many authoritarians currently ruling, and with elections coming …
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The President’s power to pardon is particularly important when considering whether the President has the ability to excuse his own wrongdoing and corruption within the Executive Branch. The big …
Continue Reading about The Threat of Presidential Pardoning Power on Democracy by Evangelina Wong →
According to the Freedom House’s 2019 report of freedom levels around the world, it is clear that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the most suppressive countries in the world with a …
Continue Reading about Does Less Authoritarian Mean More Democratic? by Gwenyth Szabo →
Fall of 2017 up until today has been a very interesting political period for Kenya as a country and its people. In August of 2017 a general election was held where the "current" president, …
