“Empowered by this trend and the strength of the #MeToo movement, several female politicians took a leap into the race for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Presidency in 2019’s first quarter. However, gendered notions of being “presidential” or “likeable” maintain a strong grip on the race for the nation’s highest office.”
Read More“It’s September 26, 1960. Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon are seated across from each other, waiting for the first of the four 1960 presidential debates to begin.”
Read More“To the dismay of democracy, though, the unrest in Sudan has mirrored other recent uprisings in one troubling way: those who are screaming the loudest, but perhaps being heard the least, are the Sudanese citizens.”
Read More“The American government is not giving the problem of domestic terrorism the attention it deserves.”
Read More“Decisions about the federal minimum wage over the next months and years will impact not only minimum wage earners, but also the national and international perception of American culture.”
Read More“In an ideal world, the eight-mile trip to Durham would take a reasonable amount of time, around ten minutes. This is not an ideal world, however.”
Read More“It is manifested in the Confederate statue which remains somewhere on campus to be assigned a new place next month, in the pepper spray canisters of campus police, and in the deafening silence of UNC’s leaders, who invite back the Confederates each time they leave.”
Read More“The 2016 presidential election was the fourth time in the history of the United States that the candidate who won the Electoral College, and secured the presidency, had lost the popular vote.”
Read More“The persistence and scope of the pro-democratic protests in Algeria raise anticipations of their success, and are exciting in their possible implications for the country and the Middle East.”
Read More“It is vital to make these smaller changes so that real policy change can be made without destroying our democracy.”
Read More“The American public deserves transparency and answers on such a significant issue as soon as possible.”
Read More“The university continues to perpetuate the norm of using influence to shape the development of the Triangle area in favor of selfish interests.”
Read More“Candidates have been presenting the American people with policy proposals that they know will be alluring to a targeted division of the electorate without having a realistic course of action in mind as to how to see them through.”
Read More“In the wake of last week’s deadly shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand, amid the resilient survivors, grieving families, and reeling communities affected by this act of white nationalist terrorism, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made a statement to the world.”
Read More“Attacking a deceased man, who not only served in Congress for over 36 years but was also a war hero, is beneath any human being, and especially beneath the occupant of the highest office in the land.”
Read More“It has become clear now, if it was not already, that the Board of Governors is not serving with the students’ best interests in mind.”
Read More“If the citizen being imprisoned and tortured to death does not prompt the President of the United States to take a robust stance against those responsible, then what will?”
Read More“The first step in bringing Americans together has to be giving fair thought both sides of every story.”
Read More“Nicolás Maduro is undoubtedly a strongman in charge of a troubled nation, but it only takes a tiny bit of introspection to question the narrative and supposedly benevolent motives behind our intervention in Venezuela and support for self-appointed president Juan Guaidó.”
Read More“For all of the organizations and treaties built around the mission of nuclear non-proliferation, the notion of international nuclear stability is becoming increasingly precarious.”
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