A new report released by the UK Electoral Commission revealed on Wednesday that voters in the UK faced new challenges at the May local elections due to the recent requirement of bringing a voter ID. The commission believes “urgent action” is required to address these issues ahead of the next general election. Under the Election [...]

Mykyta Vorobiov is a political science student at Bard College, Berlin. He previously studied at Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine, the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, the University of Tartu, and the University of Zagreb.  I never thought that protests could be associated with hedonism, i.e. having a good time. Based on the experience [...]

The US State Department informed Congress on Monday that it would be waiving sanctions and unfreezing $6 billion in Iranian assets at banking institutions to be used for “humanitarian aid” in exchange for five US citizens held as prisoners in Iran. The exchange has allegedly been in the works for some time, with talks beginning [...]

In November of 1985, legendary liberal Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr. declared, “the fatal constitutional infirmity of capital punishment is that it treats members of the human race as non-humans, as objects to be toyed with and discarded.” With Alabama primed to gas condemned prisoners to death with nitrogen — and with other [...]

The Israeli Supreme Court convened Tuesday morning to hear petitions against a judicial reform amendment which would annul the country’s reasonableness standard. The reforms, introduced by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last year, continue to fuel nationwide protests. All 15 Israeli Supreme Court justices gathered to preside over the hearing. Usually, cases are heard by a [...]

A US federal grand jury indicted five Memphis Police Department officers involved in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols on Tuesday on four new federal criminal charges. The same officers also face Tennessee state charges under a grand jury six-count indictment handed down earlier this year. All five have already pleaded not guilty to the [...]

Hong Kong protester Fung Ching-wah was sentenced to four years prison on Monday over rioting and perverting the course of justice, according to Hong Kong Free Press. Fung previously pleaded guilty to rioting and perverting the course of justice on August 23. Fung was arrested during the National Day protests in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong [...]

US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday that he has directed House committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. “Over the past several months, House Republicans have uncovered serious and credible allegations into President Biden’s conduct — a culture of corruption,” McCarthy said in a statement released via his professional Twitter/X [...]

Tanzanian opposition leader and former presidential candidate Tundu Lissu was released on bail Sunday after being arrested by the Karatu District Police in his hotel room for allegedly holding an illegal gathering and obstructing police duties. According to the police statement, Lissu was held for interviewing before being released. Since returning from exile earlier this [...]

New York Supreme Court Justice Thomas Marcelle ruled Monday in the case Cuomo v. New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government (NYSCOELIG) that NYSCOELIG violates the New York State Constitution due to its statutorily prescribed independence. NYSCOELIG was created under New York Executive Law §94 as an independent ethics watchdog. Marcelle stated [...]