Tag: 2016 US Presidential Election
It wasn’t just ‘fake news’ presenting a fake Hillary Clinton
Leigh Gilmore, Wellesley College
Despite Hillary Clinton’s long and demonstrable commitment to public service and liberal reform, many voters in the 2016 presidential election were...
With legal pot comes a problem: How do we weed out...
Igor Grant, University of California, San Diego
On Nov. 8 voters in California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada approved ballot measures to legalize recreational cannabis. It...
Singles Market: Of Mice And Men
Could metalcore music be embodying the rage currently displayed in this presidential election?
Are Soaring Levels of Income Inequality Making us a More Polarized...
Christos Makridis, Stanford University
Political polarization today is greater than it’s been in recent history – at least since the 1970s. To see that, one...
What anti-Trump activists can learn from Chicago ’68
David Farber, University of Kansas
So far, anti-Trump protests at the Republican convention in Cleveland have been relatively small in number, with marches in the...
Brexit shows economic costs of pursuing populist policies like Trump’s
Jeffrey Kucik, City University of New York
Populism has become a defining feature of the political landscape on both sides of the Atlantic. And populists...
Mike Pence is the anti-Trump
Justin Buchler, Case Western Reserve University
Donald Trump has named Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his running mate. The presumptive Republican candidate confirmed the choice...
How Bernie Sanders can still become president
William Irwin, King's College
Bernie Sanders will not become president of the United States. But he could still become president of Vermont if the Green...
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...
