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It’s Time We Rock the Youth Voting Rights Act
Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, significant reforms must be made to increase youth civic engagement and voter participation. In...
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Apr 27, 20234 min read


Nairas in; Votes Out: The 2023 Nigerian Presidential Election and the (Un)Democratic State of the Af
The hands of a businessman peek through a well-ironed suit. Clutched in his right is a large stack of Nigerian naira. The businessman...
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Mar 16, 20235 min read


Midterms in Review: What’s up with Oklahoma?
In the aftermath of the 2022 midterm elections, there is much to consider. From the lack of a forecasted “Red Wave,” to the Democratic...
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Mar 14, 20234 min read


Forecasting a Potential 2020 Rematch
When Trump handed Ron DeSantis the moniker of “Meatball Ron” last month, it offered a taste of the nasty Republican primary for the 2024...
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Mar 13, 20235 min read


Why Growing Geographic Polarization in the United States Should Have Your Attention
When the pandemic forced people to spend almost all of their time at home, many reevaluated not only what they wanted from life, but...
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Mar 12, 20235 min read


How Israel’s Ultranationalist Religious Far-Right Benefited from the Country’s Divide
What if Marjorie Taylor Greene was appointed US Vice President and Alex Jones Secretary of State? This would almost be unthinkable at the...
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Mar 7, 20236 min read


Everyday He’s Hustlin’
“A village boy has become the president of Kenya,” William Ruto proclaimed during his September 13 victory speech. A crowd of tens of...
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Feb 5, 20235 min read


Moderate Democrats Claim to Want Democracy While Actively Funding Far-Right Candidates
This past May, State Senator Doug Mastriano emerged victorious in his Pennsylvania primary, receiving the Republican nomination for...
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Oct 20, 20225 min read


Burying the Hatchet in South Korea’s Thousand-Year Turf War
This past March, South Koreans elected former anti-corruption prosecutor Yoon Suk-yeol as their next president. Yoon, an opposition...
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May 4, 20224 min read


When They Go Low, We Go…
A decade ago, Republicans swept the 2010 midterm elections, flipping 63 House seats and a staggering 720 state legislative seats across...
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Apr 28, 20225 min read


Politics and Prosperity: An inquiry into Hong Kong’s future as Asia’s premiere economic hub
A series of intense pro-democracy protests took Hong Kong by storm in the latter half of 2019 following the introduction of an...
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Mar 14, 20224 min read


Personality Politics in the 2022 Philippine Elections
Over his 26-year career, Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao has won 62 fights, 12 world titles, and millions of dollars in prize money. Yet,...
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Mar 2, 20225 min read


Pennsylvania’s Senate Race is a Litmus Test for the Nation
Last October, Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) announced that he would not be seeking re-election at the end of his term in 2022. Now an open...
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Nov 3, 20214 min read


Redefining the Flag: Why Britain’s Labour party must embrace patriotism
As Britain’s Labour Party attempts to reassemble an electoral coalition following its devastating 2019 defeat to Boris Johnson’s...
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May 28, 20213 min read


Partisan Primaries in Florida: An Interview with Steve Hough
Steve Hough is the director of Florida Fair and Open Primaries, an organization that, alongside Open Primaries and All Voters Vote,...
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Jan 28, 202110 min read


The Donkey in the Room: How the DSCC is undermining the democratic process
Max Pushkin ’22.5 and Ben Lipson ’22.5 are two of the co-founders of Make Room, a grassroots political action committee. On a cloudy June...
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Jan 8, 20215 min read


Examining the Electoral College: An Interview with Jesse Wegman
Jesse Wegman is a member of The New York Times editorial board, where he writes editorials on the Supreme Court and legal affairs. He...
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Dec 7, 202010 min read


BPR Interviews: Bushra Amiwala on Embracing Tech and Rejecting PACs
Bushra Amiwala currently serves on the Skokie School District 73.5 Board of Education. At 22 years old, she is the youngest Muslim...
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Jul 20, 202010 min read


Vouching for Vouchers
Since the landmark Citizens United decision of 2010, U.S. elections have become less about voters and their voices and more about the...
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May 29, 20205 min read


Mixed Member Pandemonium
Political insults in South Korea make American politics look tame. Liberals call conservatives “authoritarian pro-Japanese traitors,”...
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May 29, 20205 min read
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