Elections

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  Feature Op-Ed

  Venezuela’s Electoral Autocracy

  March 4, 2013 - 

  The Venezuelan government announced the death of Hugo Chávez on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck, Boris Munoz and Cristian Balteo Yazbeck chronicle the controversial leader’s rise to power, constructing a provisional history from Venezuela’s murky realities.  More

  By Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck

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  Feature

  Kenya Elections: Whispers of Fear and Hope

  March 1, 2013 - 

  Kenya holds elections on Monday, for the first time since more than 1,000 people were killed in ethnic violence following the country’s 2007 elections. Poet Ngwatilo Mawiyoo visits a town in the north, where she found tribal tensions quietly simmering.  More

  By Ngwatilo Mawiyoo

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  Op-Ed

  Israeli Elections: Musings on Universalism and Identity Politics

  January 22, 2013 - 

  Filmmaker Udi Aloni expresses both concern and support for a few of Israel’s 32 parties, which, he says, lead a way forward to “bi-nationalism and a state for all of its citizens from the river to the sea.”  More

  By Udi Aloni

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  Editor's Podcast

  The XYZ Show: Exposing Injustice in Kenya with Latex Puppets

  December 26, 2012 - 

  Creative Time Reports editor Marisa Mazria Katz visited the Nairobi studio of the XYZ Show, one of the most beloved TV programs in Africa, months before Kenya’s next general election.  More

  By Marisa Mazria Katz

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  Election Report

  A Second Term, Another Chance for Change

  November 7, 2012 - 

  Moments after President Obama’s re-election was announced, hip-hop artist Jasiri X interviewed activists and politicians at a Democratic committee in Pennsylvania about their hopes for the next four years.  More

  By Jasiri X