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Ecuador’s state of emergency
A military vehicle drives through a hilly residential neighborhood in Quito, Ecuador. Two women, one holding hands with a young child, walk alongside on the street.

Soldiers patrol a residential area of northern Quito, Ecuador, on Jan. 11, 2024. President Daniel Noboa decreed Monday a national state of emergency due to a wave in crime, a measure that lets authorities suspend people's rights and mobilize the military. The government also imposed a curfew.

(Image: AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

  • Q&A

    • Ecuador’s state of emergency

    In a Q&A, political scientist Jane Esberg discusses democracy and organized crime in Latin America. 

    Kristina García

    Three things to know about the Iowa caucuses
    A blurry person walks past a sign on a window reading "Iowa Caucuses, first in the nation" with an illustration of an elephant and a donkey inside the "o" in Iowa.

    A sign for the Iowa Caucuses on a downtown skywalk, in Des Moines, Iowa, on Feb. 4, 2020. Iowa Republicans have scheduled the party’s presidential nominating caucuses for Jan. 15, 2024.

    (Image: AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

    Three things to know about the Iowa caucuses

    John Lapinski, director of the Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies and director of elections at NBC News, shares his thoughts on what to watch Monday.

    Kristen de Groot

    Trump, Lincoln ballot comparison meme ‘doesn't hold water,’ experts say

    Trump, Lincoln ballot comparison meme ‘doesn't hold water,’ experts say

    Rogers Smith of the School of Arts & Sciences says that 10 of the 11 states that would go on to form the Confederacy did not have ballots with Abraham Lincoln’s name on them in the 1860 election. Kermit Roosevelt of Penn Carey Law explains why likening Lincoln’s situation to Donald Trump’s is a bad comparison.

    Who, What Why: Rachel Ann Hulvey
    Rachel Hulvey stands on the Great Wall of China, with a hazy mountain in the background.

    Ph.D. student Rachel Ann Hulvey, at the Great Wall of China in 2018, researches Chinese foreign policy, power, and international order.

    (Image: Courtesy of Rachel Ann Hulvey)

  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What Why: Rachel Ann Hulvey

    Political science Ph.D. candidate Rachel Ann Hulvey’s research looks at Chinese foreign policy, soft power, and international order through the lens of internet governance.

    Kristen de Groot

    Penn alumna Ashley Fuchs is a 2024 Marshall Scholar
    Ashley Fuchs standing outside

    Ashley Fuchs, a 2022 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a 2024 Marshall Scholar. 

    (Image: Courtesy of Ashley Fuchs)

    Penn alumna Ashley Fuchs is a 2024 Marshall Scholar

    Ashley Fuchs, a 2022 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences, has been chosen as a 2024 Marshall Scholar. Established by the British Government, the Marshall Scholarship funds as many as three years of study for a graduate degree in any field in an institution in the United Kingdom.