Tag: 2016 US Presidential Election
Russian interventions in other people’s elections: A brief history
Eric Lohr, American University
U.S. Special counsel Robert Mueller on Feb. 16 indicted Russian individuals and entities for interference in the U.S. presidential election.
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Trump may owe his 2016 victory to ‘fake news,’ new study...
Richard Gunther, The Ohio State University; Erik C. Nisbet, The Ohio State University, and Paul Beck, The Ohio State University
Could “fake news” have helped...
Study: 60 percent of rural millennials lack access to a political...
Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Tufts University and Felicia Sullivan, Tufts University
Like older voters, young ones were divided by the 2016 presidential election.
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Russia, an alleged coup and Montenegro’s bid for NATO membership
Vesko Garcevic, Boston University
Testifying before a congressional committee, FBI Director James Comey has confirmed that his agency is investigating links between the...
Can Trump make real change as president?
Sharece Thrower, Vanderbilt University
Based on his erratic behavior during the campaign, many fear what Donald Trump will do in office. Some believe that his...
Marijuana legalization: Big changes across country
Sam Méndez, University of Washington
This year’s election season was historic in more ways than one. An unprecedented nine states considered liberalizing cannabis laws, and...
Trump’s Carrier coup reveals credibility gap between Twitter rhetoric and economic...
Wesley Widmaier, Griffith University
In a political coup, President-elect Donald Trump says that his transition team has struck a deal with Carrier’s Indianapolis plant to...
Why America’s labor unions are about to die
Raymond Hogler, Colorado State University
I’ve written before on how the decline of organized labor beginning in the late 1970s gave birth to the backlash...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
