by Jiaqui Jiang | Jun 9, 2022 | University of California, San Diego
In June 2021, Argentina passed a new bill setting a 1% quota for transgender people working in the public sector. As a late-comer democracy, Argentina was the first country in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage, and has been even more successful than the...
by Anna Lee | Feb 5, 2022 | University of Chicago
Currently in Texas it is illegal for women who are six or more weeks pregnant to get an abortion following the passing of Senate Bill 8, which went into effect September of last year. This new ban is the most restrictive abortion measure in the nation. It has received...
by Kim Suheun | Nov 9, 2020 | University of Chicago
The core of populism is in creating an image of the people and representing them to justify political power. [1] It is based on a myth as “the people” as a singular entity does not exist. A populist idealizes the “people” to be pure and holy against a contrasting...
by Kofi Lee-Berman | Oct 24, 2020 | Williams College
Armenia enters new fighting over an old dispute, and the fledgling democracy’s pursuit of legitimacy is playing a role. Not only was legitimacy instrumental in the ouster of former Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan, it has been instrumental in the rhetoric of Nikol...
by Kendall Avenia | Oct 14, 2020 | Northeastern University
The Republican party is actively enabling Trump to disregard the rules of our democracy by pushing a supreme court nominee hastily through the confirmation process during an ongoing election, and by explicitly stating that a full supreme court will be absolutely...
