Tag: Donald Trump
Trump calls border a ‘crisis of the soul’: 3 scholars react...
Enrique Armijo, Elon University; Michael Blake, University of Washington, and Sylvia Taschka, Wayne State University
Editor’s note: President Donald Trump’s address to the nation on...
Nancy Pelosi victorious – why the California Democrat was reelected speaker...
Kathryn L. Pearson, University of Minnesota
Despite some brash and not insignificant opposition, California’s Nancy Pelosi is returning to her previous role as speaker of...
Bolsonaro’s anger won over working-class Brazilians, but his presidency may betray...
Benjamin H. Bradlow, Brown University
Brazil’s next president Jair Bolsonaro, who takes power on Jan. 1, is often called the “Trump of the Tropics” for...
What Aristotle can teach us about Trump’s rhetoric
Anthony F. Arrigo, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
From Franklin D. Roosevelt’s fireside chats to Ronald Reagan’s reputation as the “great communicator” to Barack Obama’s soaring...
Your deeply held beliefs may just be wrong – 5 essential...
Naomi Schalit, The Conversation
Editor’s note: As we come to the end of the year, Conversation editors take a look back at the stories that...
Republican ads feature MS-13, hoping fear will motivate voters
Anthony W. Fontes, American University School of International Service
Campaign advertisements appearing for this year’s midterm elections include a stream of Republican campaign ads linking...
Republican women are just fine, thank you, with being Republican
Christine A. Kray, Rochester Institute of Technology; Hinda Mandell, Rochester Institute of Technology, and Tamar Carroll, Rochester Institute of Technology
Republican women have faced a...
How is ‘new NAFTA’ different? A trade expert explains
Amanda M. Countryman, Colorado State University
On Sept. 30, the U.S., Canada and Mexico reached a deal to scrap NAFTA and replace it with a...
EXPLORING NATURE
From ancient texts to modern practices, Daoism provides a profound framework...
Michael Naparstek, University of Tennessee
Daoism, China’s indigenous religion, is one of the country’s five officially recognized religions today....
