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Democracy Takes a Beating at Turkish Polls
If voting booths are any indication, Turks are largely unfazed by their leader’s growing authoritarian streak. Despite months of...
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Apr 9, 20146 min read


Italy’s Most Unconventional Couple
Italian Democratic Party secretary Matteo Renzi is well on his way to stardom. Earlier this year, he won his party’s primaries with a...
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Feb 16, 20146 min read


Legacy Candidates: The Electoral Preference for the Silver Spoon
In an increasingly competitive college application process, candidates fight tooth and nail for ever-more-coveted spots at their...
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Dec 9, 20135 min read


What if Voting Were Mandatory?
This past Tuesday, my beloved Greensboro, North Carolina had its nonpartisan municipal primary. For all the campaigning and tweeting and...
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Oct 14, 20132 min read


The Bind of the Brotherhood
It is no secret that revolution, successful or otherwise, rarely produces results as glorious as initially imagined. For example, the...
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Mar 5, 20135 min read
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