What actually is populism? And why does it have a bad reputation?
Feb 06, 2019 23:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
No doubt thanks to Donald Trump, Brexit, and a string of anti-establishment leaders and parties in Europe, Latin America and Asia, everyone seems to be talking about populism. But populism is nothing new. Its long...
Feb 05, 2019 10:01 am UTC| Entertainment Politics
Melania Trump reportedly provided the best encouraging words to then President-elect Donald Trump at the night of the 2016 U.S. Presidential elections. Mr. Trump, on the other hand, was said to be rather quiet, according...
Feedback loops and echo chambers: How algorithms amplify viewpoints
Feb 05, 2019 09:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Whether its allegations of ethnic cleansing in Myanmar, anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lanka or the gilets jaunes protests in France, it is clear that social media platforms are helping spread divisive messages online at an...
The meme-ification of politics: Politicians & their 'lit' memes
Feb 05, 2019 09:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
In November, during a televised debate about electoral reform, British Columbia Premier John Horgan told the audience, If you were woke, youd know that pro rep is lit. By pro rep, he meant proportional representation,...
Feb 05, 2019 09:21 am UTC| Politics Science
U.S. President Donald Trump will reportedly pledge on immensely diminishing the human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) epidemic while scientists are still looking for the ultimate...
Jan 31, 2019 10:35 am UTC| Politics
As soon as U.S. President Donald Trump was sworn into the White House, his alleged ties with the Russian government leaders have been a cause for concern and even started a still ongoing investigation. This week, a new...
Jan 31, 2019 09:02 am UTC| Politics
The debacle between Donald Trump and the Democrats have finally ended, concluding the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Now, the POTUS is set to deliver his State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol this...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects