Tag: US politics
What the Heaven’s Gate suicides say about American culture
Ben Zeller, Lake Forest College
Heaven’s Gate – also known as the “UFO cult” – burst into American consciousness 20 years ago this...
Refugees: Is there room for a middle ground?
Juliette Tolay, Pennsylvania State University
The debate over whether or not to bring in more refugees in the U.S. continues. There seems to be a...
How Trump could shock a divided nation back to life as...
Frank V. Zerunyan, University of Southern California
“Partnership, not conflict,” were the words spoken by President-elect Donald Trump during his acceptance speech. That collaborative approach...
Trump’s immigration policy would push legal US workers down the occupational...
Peter Dixon, Victoria University and Maureen Rimmer, Victoria University
US President-elect Donald Trump has proposed deporting millions of undocumented immigrants, which proved appealing to large...
Three common arguments for preserving the Electoral College – and why...
Robert Speel, Pennsylvania State University
In November 2000, newly elected New York Senator Hillary Clinton promised that when she took office in 2001, she would...
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...
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
Stone tool discovery in China shows people in East Asia were...
Ben Marwick, University of Washington
New technologies today often involve electronic devices that are smaller and smarter than before....
