By Beer Prakken, University of Groningen It would be safe to assume that around half of US voters don’t find…
Tag: Politics
Is Donald Trump a fascist? No – he’s a new brand of authoritarian
By Geoff M Boucher, Deakin University Is Donald Trump a fascist? General Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint…
Black Pentecostal and charismatic Christians are boosting their visibility in politics − a shift from the past
By Dara Delgado, Allegheny College Many Black leaders are swinging into action for the Harris-Walz campaign – and clergy are…
Chinese and Russian disinformation flourishes in some African countries – anti-US sentiment helps it take hold
By Dani Madrid-Morales, University of Sheffield; Herman Wasserman, Stellenbosch University, and Saifuddin Ahmed, Nanyang Technological University The spread of disinformation…
Political ads appeared under racist and pro-Nazi posts on X: report
An investigation conducted by CBS News has reportedly found that paid advertisements for major political organizations and well-known politicians have…
How San Francisco’s Democratic political machine led to Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign
By Lincoln Mitchell, Columbia University The political earthquake that has made Kamala Harris the Democratic Party’s nominee for president is…
After revealing racist abuse, Germany parliament’s first African-born MP to stand down
GERMANY — Weeks after revealing he was the target of racist abuse and death threats, Germany’s first African-born MP in…
Justice Clarence Thomas acknowledges he should have disclosed free trips from billionaire donor
The trips include vacations in Indonesia and at the exclusive, men’s-only Bohemian Grove retreat, which were first reported by ProPublica…
Preying on white fears worked for Georgia’s Lester Maddox in the ’60s − and is working there for Donald Trump today
By David Cason, University of North Dakota In January 1967, after a gubernatorial election that saw neither candidate gain enough…
Voting in unconstitutional districts: US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing the congressional districts first
By Sam D. Hayes, Trinity College For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional…
