Tag: 2020 US elections
Lessons on wrangling candidates from the masterful moderator of presidential debates,...
Mary Kate Cary, University of Virginia
Boy, do I miss Jim Lehrer.
I thought of the late PBS anchor and legendary presidential debate moderator fondly while...
Why the US still hasn’t had a woman president
Farida Jalalzai, Oklahoma State University
Estonia, Singapore, Ethiopia and Finland – these are some of the 21 countries currently governed by a female president or...
The candidate you like is the one you think is most...
Marjorie Hershey, Indiana University
Electability has been the single most important force motivating voters in the 2020 Democratic primaries.
But what is it? What makes one...
How one man fought South Carolina Democrats to end whites-only primaries...
Bobby J. Donaldson, University of South Carolina
A rusting chain-link fence represents a “color line” for the dead in Columbia, South Carolina. In Randolph Cemetery,...
The Culinary Union of Nevada takes a pass on endorsing –...
Ruben J. Garcia, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
A picket line outside the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas proved to be a hot ticket...
The meme endorsement you might have missed – and why it...
Heather Woods, Kansas State University and Leslie Hahner, Baylor University
On Jan. 19, the New York Times editorial board made history when it endorsed two...
Want to know what will happen in 2020? Look to state...
Daniel R. Birdsong, University of Dayton
Public opinion polls are ingrained in American politics. It seems like every day there is a new poll about...
Impeachment overkill, the USMCA’s impact on jobs and the power of...
Aradhna Krishna, University of Michigan; Sarah Burns, Rochester Institute of Technology, and Stephen Onyeiwu, Allegheny College
Editor’s note: The seven Democrats who qualified for the...
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...
