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NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE 
Kenneth Wollack, president of the National Democratic Institute said he classified himself as a political optimist despite the current negative trends in worldwide democracy that are causing others in his field to worry.

Thinktank Leaders Discuss Decline of American Freedoms

By Emma Kotfica January 29, 2018

Global political and economic conflicts pose a threat to democracy, according to Annie Wilcox Boyajian, the lead advocacy manager at Freedom House, an independent organization that ranks countries based...

What We Miss About The Old Leo’s

What We Miss About The Old Leo’s

By Joseph O'Reilly and Joseph O'Reilly September 12, 2017

I'm sorry, the old Leo's can't come to the phone right now. Why? So you miss the old Leo's? Us too.  After all of the complaining and whining about the old Leo's, here we are doing the same exact...

What Your Favorite American Beverage Says About You

What Your Favorite American Beverage Says About You

By Meg Lizza and Meg Lizza June 30, 2016

With the Fourth of July just around the corner, it's time to feel a little red, white and buzzed. At 4E, we pride ourselves on fulfilling the American dream and therefore, have done our own research on...

NGUYEN: Narrow American Principles

NGUYEN: Narrow American Principles

By Lam Nguyen October 2, 2015

There’s no hope for the rest of us. By that, I mean anyone whose heritage, values and principles are not wholly consistent with what are deemed “American” principles. That is what I got out of...

The Aftermath of Midterms

The Aftermath of Midterms

By Sydney Bolling and Sydney Bolling March 5, 2015

By now you’ve either powered through your midterms or had them delayed until after Spring Break by snow. You’ve stayed in Lau all night, made study guides, drank copious amounts of coffee and sat...

Madeleine Albright to Receive Medal of Freedom

By Sports Editor April 27, 2012

Former US Secretary of State and Georgetown professor Madeleine Albright will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom later this spring. The award is the highest honor an American civilian can receive. The...

Georgetown Professor Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

By Sarah Kaplan April 23, 2012

World War Two Polish resistance fighter and Georgetown scholar Jan Karski (G'52, H'83) will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, President Barack Obama announced this morning. Karski had...

A Revolution Turns One

By Nabeel Zewail January 27, 2012

On Jan. 25 of last year, the people of Egypt rose up to demand freedom and a different course for their country. They went to the streets of Suez, Alexandria and Cairo, without religious or personal...

Jackson: The Price of Liberty

By Nneka Jackson April 11, 2011

Freedom. From the Tunisian revolution to the more Egyptian upheaval, quests for freedom have been erupting all over the world. More recently, there have been strong revolutionary actions in Bahrain and...

Enthralling Read Intimately Portrays Dynamic Characters

By Kourosh Shaffy January 28, 2011

I'm not going to open this review of Jonathan Franzen's latest novel, Freedom, with a few hokey lines, overwrought with cliches about what freedom represents to so many people, and then saying that it...

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