Tag: Donald Trump
The slippery slope of dehumanizing language
Allison Skinner, Northwestern University
Comparing people to animals seems to increasingly be a part of our political discourse.
When Roseanne Barr tweeted that former White House...
NFL tells players patriotism is more important than protest – here’s...
Chad Williams, Brandeis University
The recent decision by the NFL regarding player protests and the national anthem has yet again exposed the fraught relationship between...
How Christian media is shaping American politics
Jason C. Bivins, North Carolina State University
For Americans growing up between the 1950s and the 1980s, religion was not a regular presence on television....
Informants aren’t spies – they’re essential FBI tools
Douglas M. Charles, Pennsylvania State University
President Donald Trump tweeted this week that he would order the Department of Justice to investigate whether the FBI,...
How the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal will effect...
Negar Habibi, King's College London
Donald Trump’s decision to unilaterally pull the US out of the Iran nuclear deal doesn’t just have important political and...
Presidents often reverse US foreign policy — how Trump handles setbacks...
Charles Hermann, Texas A&M University
The United States will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, according to a May 8 announcement by President Donald...
Why the Christian right opposes pornography but still supports Trump
Kelsy Burke, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Many commentators have pointed out the hypocrisy of Christian leaders who claim a moral high ground while supporting President Donald...
What Comey learned from theologian Reinhold Niebuhr about ethical leadership
Christopher Beem, Pennsylvania State University
While James Comey’s most recent clashes with President Trump are foremost on everyone’s minds, he’s had quite a career. He...
EXPLORING NATURE
‘This year nearly broke me as a scientist’ – US researchers...
Carrie McDonough, Carnegie Mellon University; Brian G. Henning, Gonzaga University; Cara Poland, Michigan State University; Nathaniel M. Tran, University of Illinois Chicago;...
