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Dutch election: Worrying for democracy

Jake Richfield December 6, 2023

In the Netherlands’ Nov. 22 general election, the Party for Freedom (PVV) won 37 seats, a plurality in parliament, and the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), a center-right party, lost...

ILLUSTRATION: CASEY WOOD 23/THE HAWK

Hong Kong in crisis

Patrick Adams March 30, 2021

‘Democracy’ in the People's Republic of China Protests are back in Hong Kong as the struggle to maintain democracy in the former British colony turned Chinese special administrative region intensifies...

Myanmar’s struggle for democracy

Myanmar’s struggle for democracy

Connor Mignano March 2, 2021

Drawing comparisons between Myanmar and U.S. democracy The early February 2021 military coup in Myanmar marked a major dent in the bulwark of global democracy.  On Feb. 1, the Tatmadaw, Myanmar’s military,...

Liebell and Yates answered questions from students at the end so that they could learn more about the debate. PHOTOS: MITCHELL SHIELDS 22/THE HAWK

Importance of voting emphasized during debate

Mitchell Shields September 24, 2019

The departments of political science, history and art collaborated on a project that reenacted a debate between historical figures Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass in Barbelin Hall on Sept....

Social media blackout in Sri Lanka

Social media blackout in Sri Lanka

Khalid Alzubi April 30, 2019

The influence social media platforms have on democracy One of the holiest days of the Christian calendar, a day that is supposed to be filled with worship and celebration, soon turned to chaos in Sri Lanka....

Kavanaugh mocks the Court’s values

Kavanaugh mocks the Court’s values

Devin Yingling October 2, 2018

Supreme Court nominee should not be confirmed A question plaguing the nation this week is if Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh should be held accountable for the sexual assault accusations made against...

South Africans commemorate June 1976 youth uprising

South Africans commemorate June 1976 youth uprising

Carly Montecalvo June 16, 2018

Soweto, South Africa--Thousands of people gathered at Orlando soccer stadium in Soweto to mark the 42nd anniversary of what is known in South Africa as the June 16, 1976 Soweto student uprising. President...

The math of gerrymandering

Shelley Donaldson November 6, 2017

Finding solutions for our democracy I am a math major and policy geek, so you can just imagine my delight when I learned via my favorite Supreme Court news podcast that one of the cases on the docket for...

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