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A Pact of Silence: Press Censorship after the Guatemalan Civil War

Eliza DauntMarch 30, 2024March 18, 2025

On January 15th, 2024, Guatemala swore in a new President, Bernardo Arévalo, an anti-corruption crusader whose landslide victory last fall shocked the country. Arévalo, a former diplomat, won the election by promising good governance reforms and an end to Democratic…

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Love in the Time of VHS: Making Sense of Vaporwave

Stefan ColtonApril 15, 2017November 28, 2024

What can the sound and politics of an internet microgenre tell us about our relationship with artificial consumer worlds?

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Stella on SCOTUS: The Supreme Court in Criminal Defense

Stella ShannonJanuary 26, 2017January 26, 2017

Stella Shannon interviews her father, a criminal defense attorney, about how Supreme Court decisions have affected his practice.

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VP Debate Liveblog

The PoliticOctober 4, 2016October 4, 2016

Welcome to The Politic’s liveblog of the 2016 Vice Presidential debate with Anna Blech, Jacob Malinowski, Rose Mintzer-Sweeney, White Helmet, and Dad.

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“You Won’t Be Killed if You Don’t Do Anything Wrong”: The Philippines on the Eve of Duterte’s Presidency

Gabriel GrozJune 19, 2016June 21, 2016

Rodrigo Duterte has won the Philippines’ election with an almost unprecedented mandate. No one knows what will happen when he takes office on June 30th, but one thing is certain: there will be blood.

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Prejudice on the Playground: When Islamophobia Enters the Classroom

Thomas ZembowiczMay 15, 2016May 15, 2016

Islamophobia isn’t just increasing in political rhetoric – it’s growing in school environments.

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Reset, Again?

Billy RobertsMay 15, 2016May 15, 2016

What does Trump’s rise mean for Russia?

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Incivility? Examining the Controversy Behind Civil Forfeiture

Joanna LeeMarch 28, 2015March 28, 2015

An underground marijuana operation. A former high school teacher. An unsuspecting wife. The scene resembles something from Breaking Bad, but for Kathleen von Hofe, the situation became a reality when the Branford, Connecticut police department raided her home in 2001….

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