Fraud is going uninvestigated by police who are “hiding behind the veil” of the Action…
Gender Stereotypes Still Hold True for Youth and Types of Political Participation
Gender roles absorbed at an early age seem to have shaped today’s youth regarding their involvement in politics, in line with traditional stereotypes, concludes a new study, conducted amongst adolescents and young adults…
Roman Protasevich: Dissident Belarus Journalist Whose Defiance Enraged Europe’s Last Dictator
Roman Protasevich doesn’t look like much of a threat to Europe’s last dictator. A fresh-faced 26-year-old, he has never been elected to public office nor has he stood as a candidate. What…
New Book Considers Democracy’s Future, Improving Governance
Following recent years of turbulent developments in politics, economics and social media around the world, one might assume these events inspire University of Illinois Chicago researcher Zizi Papacharissi to have an ominous…
UC San Diego Broadens Research on Complicated Escalation of Violence in Mexico
Violence in Mexico has been on the rise and it is increasingly difficult to understand. Though popular portrayals of the bloodshed depict it as a product of Hollywood-esque conflicts between cartels, experts…
Bangladesh at 50: a Nation Created in Violence and Still Bearing Scars of a Troubled Birth
March 26 marks 50 years since the start of Bangladesh’s liberation war, a bloody nine-month campaign that culminated in the nation’s independence on Dec. 16, 1971. It was a violent birth, with…
