by MARTINA FAYE OBLIGADO | May 21, 2024 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
“Celebrity” in Philippine politics can manifest in more ways than one. Most notoriously, celebrity makes itself evident when film and television stars participate in politics as candidates during election season. However, the increased role of new (or digital) media...
by Anna Thorner | Apr 30, 2024 | William Jewell College
The United States is one of the world’s oldest democracies, being originally founded in 1776. In contrast to nations that have existed for centuries, America is only 247 years old. Since its founding, America held one idea very highly, which is the system...
by Chris Kiss | Apr 19, 2024 | Ursinus College
Donald Trump has been compared to a lot throughout his mediocre rise into politics. Even during the infancy of his 2016 election, Trump was being compared to dictators, tyrants, and demagogues throughout the world. Many of these comparisons may have sounded radical at...
by Jia Xin Luo | Nov 22, 2023 | Northeastern University
What is gridlock and polarization? Political theorist, Jennifer McCoy, defines polarization as, “a process whereby the normal multiplicity of differences in a society increasingly align along a single dimension and people increasingly perceive and describe...
by Star Anderson | Nov 21, 2023 | University of Memphis
The global epidemic in 2020 was disastrous, costing the globe dearly. The United States, in particular, struggled. President Trump was in office during Covid-19. His reaction to assisting his country in dealing with covid-19 was significant. Trump’s use of...