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Is He for Gun Control or for Gun Rights? Losing Faith in Changing Opinions by Isabelle Bertolozzi @ Skidmore College

Is He for Gun Control or for Gun Rights? Losing Faith in Changing Opinions by Isabelle Bertolozzi @ Skidmore College

by Izzi Bertolozzi | Mar 2, 2018 | Skidmore College

438. Since January of 2014, 438 people have been shot in a school shooting. 138 of those people died. That number does not even include the 20 first graders and six adults that were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. These deaths and injuries have come...
How Donald Trump’s Approach to U.S. Security Policy has Negative Implications for Democracy by Cierra Carafice @ The Ohio State University

How Donald Trump’s Approach to U.S. Security Policy has Negative Implications for Democracy by Cierra Carafice @ The Ohio State University

by Cierra Carafice | Feb 23, 2018 | Ohio State University

Donald Trump’s recent actions in regards to security laws have distinct authoritarian undertones and a dangerous potential. Since the beginning of his term, President Donald Trump has had an interesting relationship with surveillance laws. Near the beginning of his...
WHAT TO SAY AND HOW TO SAY IT: THE “BAN” ON WORDS AT THE CDC AND HOW TRUMP’S POPULIST RHETORIC PLAYS A ROLE by CASSANDRA DULA @ THE OHIO STATE UNIVERISTY

WHAT TO SAY AND HOW TO SAY IT: THE “BAN” ON WORDS AT THE CDC AND HOW TRUMP’S POPULIST RHETORIC PLAYS A ROLE by CASSANDRA DULA @ THE OHIO STATE UNIVERISTY

by Cassandra Dula | Feb 22, 2018 | Ohio State University

In December of 2017, several news reports – the first of which was the Washington Post – alleged that the Centers for Disease Control had enacted a “ban” on seven words in budgeting documents that were heading to Congress for approval. The words included...
“Mark My Words: How Trump and Chavez Appeal to the Proletariat” by Kennedy Inman @ Georgia State University

“Mark My Words: How Trump and Chavez Appeal to the Proletariat” by Kennedy Inman @ Georgia State University

by Kennedy Inman | Feb 20, 2018 | Georgia State University

Trump. A name that is synonymous with orange skin, red hats, and many opinions, especially on military parades and immigration. Chávez. A lesser known name when he began, yet became the leader of Venezuela through a socialist party after serving in the military and...

Democratic Erosion or Just Timely Hysteria: A look into Bright Line Watch by Ricardo Rios @ Skidmore College

by Ricky Rios | Feb 20, 2018 | Skidmore College

U.S. democracy is changing, as do people, but is it really eroding? This is the essential question that inspires the work conducted by Bright Line Watch (BLW). The initiative is a collaboration between professors from Yale, Dartmouth, and University of Rochester,...
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