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Javier Milei: Argentina’s new president presses ahead with economic ‘shock therapy’ as social unrest grows
Sam Halvorsen, Reader in Human Geography, Queen Mary University of London; Sebastián Mauro, Associate professor, Universidad de Buenos Aires Only weeks into his term, Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, seems to be making good on his promise to put a chainsaw to the country’s crisis-ridden economy. In his inaugural address, Milei told the nation: “There is no alternative to shock.” He dissolved half of the country’s ministries days later, and implemented a 50% devaluation of the peso. But amid massive spending cuts, prices continue
Iowa was different this time – even if the outcome was as predicted
Timothy Hagle, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Iowa Stephen J. Farnsworth, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of the UMW Center for Leadership and Media Studies, University of Mary Washington Trounced, crushed, routed, dominated: Pick
Trump’s Iowa political organizing this year is nothing like his scattershot 2016 campaign
Barbara A. Trish, Professor of Political Science, Grinnell College Donald Trump is doing something new in Iowa. The state is home to the first-in-the-nation GOP nomination event, the Iowa caucus, which takes place on Jan. 15, 2024, at 7 pm.
Jan. 6 was an example of networked incitement − a media and disinformation expert explains the danger of political violence orchestrated over social media
Joan Donovan, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies, Boston University The shocking events of Jan. 6, 2021, signaled a major break from the nonviolent rallies that categorized most major protests over the past few decades. What set Jan.
US Supreme Court decision on Trump-Colorado ballot case ‘monumental’ for democracy itself, not just 2024 presidential election
Derek T. Muller, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame Momentous questions for the U.S. Supreme Court and momentous consequences for the country are likely now that the court has announced it will decide whether former president and current presidential candidate Donald