Tag: Barack Obama
What does the vice president do?
Joshua Holzer, Westminster College
On Jan. 20, Kamala Harris will become vice president of the United States – the first woman, the first person of...
Why US diplomatic muscle could achieve more in Somalia than drone...
Paul D. Williams, George Washington University
The United States has used airstrikes against al-Shabaab forces in Somalia since January 2007, including armed drone strikes from...
Why COVID-19 vaccines need to prioritize ‘superspreaders’
Dana Goldman, University of Southern California; David Conti, University of Southern California, and Matthew E. Kahn, Johns Hopkins University
Once safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines...
Supreme Court ruling on Dreamers sends a clear message to the...
Morgan Marietta, University of Massachusetts Lowell
When it came down to it, the fate of 700,000 immigrants brought to U.S. as children hung on a...
In the terrorism fight, Trump has continued a key Obama policy
Boaz Dvir, Pennsylvania State University
President Donald Trump has rescinded, reversed or otherwise ended many of former President Barack Obama’s signature policies – but not...
US and Iran have a long, troubled history
Jeffrey Fields, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Relations between the United States and Iran have been fraught for...
From Vietnam to Afghanistan, all US governments lie
Gordon Adams, American University School of International Service
The Washington Post has, after more than two years of investigation, revealed that senior foreign policy officials...
Your political views can predict how you pronounce certain words
Zachary Jaggers, University of Oregon
Politics can predict the TV shows we watch, the shops we frequent and the places we live.
But what about the...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
