Jan 11, 2021 | Politics & Society
On January 6, a mob emboldened by US President Donald Trump seized control of the US Capitol Building in Washington D.C. in an attempt to block the transition of the Presidency to Joe Biden. These events resembled a coup. How much did this coup attempt resemble others...
Dec 3, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Timothy Kuhner Author’s introduction:Â Trumpâs refusal to concede the 2020 election makes this the perfect time to share a few pages from my new book, Tyranny of Greed. Â Looking back at all Trumpâs outrages against democracy, many of us desperately hoped the...
Dec 2, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Natasha Lindstaedt As Joe Biden takes office on January 20th, 2021, many questions arise about what a Biden administration will look like to the global community. Early indications show it will be a complete reversal from Trumpâs America First policy. As Joe Biden...
Dec 1, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Scott Optican Despite clearly losing the recent US election â as evidenced by the popular vote, electoral vote and numerous unsuccessful legal challenges (if you donât believe me, ask the relevant US state and federal court judges) â why is Donald Trump still...
Nov 23, 2020 | Politics & Society
Was the 2020 US election conducted properly? Will mail-in ballots be counted, and will that count be allowed to stand? Will, the US Supreme Court, decide the final outcome? And what, in any case, will become of American democracy? In this urgent and timely event,...
Nov 12, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Richard Messick President-elect Biden has rightly made bringing Americans together his highest priority. His greatest challenge will be whether he can lead the nation into a reckoning with the Trump years without further inflaming passions. President Trump and...
Nov 11, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Ian Hughes “The last four years provide a roadmap that shows how the personal and the political can combine to disastrous effect.” Politicians who live in an angry narcissistic fog pose a clear threat to democracy and peace, and Donald Trump is a...
Nov 10, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Brian J Purnell, Morgan Marietta & Neta C. Crawford The American public has had its say and for the first time in a generation denied a sitting president a second term. President Donald Trumpâs tenure lasted just four years, but in that time he dragged policy...
Nov 9, 2020 | Politics & Society
The US, when it holds an election ends up attracting more interest around the world than most, if not any other country. It might be because of American power; it might be because of the USâs democratic principles, or it might be because of media sources and the...
Nov 3, 2020 | Politics & Society
Since the U.S. presidential election of 2016, people around the world have debated Donald Trumpâs rise to power. How did he win the election? What kind of political regime has he established? And how has that regime transformed the United States of America? In this...