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In December, Rico Lopez ’14 was recognized for his piece, “The Global Slide from Democracy: Time to Wake Up,” as one of four winners of the Arch J. Roberts essay/reporting contest for high school and college students. The award was launched by News-Decoder, a non-profit news service for millennials. Rico, a senior at The Thacher School in California, is the editor-in-chief of the school's newspaper, The Notes.

Click HERE to read Rico’s article, which examines the recent decline of democratic governments, democratic institutions, and civil liberties around the world, from the Middle East to Europe to the Americas.