As the 2026 midterm elections approach, President Donald Trump has, again, presented himself as the defender of democracy. He claims sweeping actions are needed in order to protect the integrity of our...
On Oct. 18, more than seven million demonstrators marched in “No Kings” rallies across the nation in protest of the current administration’s abuse of federal power. The rallies served as a nonviolent...
Even before the start of Israel’s genocidal war, there were decades of student activism calling for U.S. divestment from Israeli occupation and apartheid. The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS)...
The Pedro Arrupe, S.J., Center for Business Ethics hosted David Silver, Ph.D., to speak on the relationship between capitalism and democracy in Mandeville Hall Oct. 31.
Silver is an associate professor...
Note from the Editor: All content featured in the Nov. 6 issue of The Hawk was written, edited and sent to print on Nov. 4, prior to Election Day, Nov. 5.
On Nov. 5, millions of Americans stood in...
I am a nervous voter. Did I sign my name clearly enough? Did I do it right (I got my “I voted by mail” sticker, so I know my mail-in ballot was received)? But I don’t worry about the security...
John Adams is credited with stating that the U.S. must be “an empire of laws, and not of men.” This principle, the rule of law, has served as the foundation for American political philosophy and...
In the Netherlands’ Nov. 22 general election, the Party for Freedom (PVV) won 37 seats, a plurality in parliament, and the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), a center-right party, lost...
‘Democracy’ in the People's Republic of China
Protests are back in Hong Kong as the struggle to maintain democracy in the former British colony turned Chinese special administrative region intensifies...
Drawing comparisons between Myanmar and U.S. democracy
The early February 2021 military coup in Myanmar marked a major dent in the bulwark of global democracy.
On Feb. 1, the Tatmadaw, Myanmar’s military,...
The departments of political science, history and art collaborated on a project that reenacted a debate between historical figures Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass in Barbelin Hall on Sept....
