Trump and Biden ads on Facebook and Instagram focus on rallying the base
Oct 05, 2020 14:07 pm UTC| Politics
The campaigns of Donald Trump and Joe Biden together spent US$65.8 million on social media advertising between June 1 and Sept. 13, according to Syracuse Universitys Illuminating 2020 project. The project, which I am part...
Why is it so hard for atheists to get voted in to Congress?
Oct 05, 2020 14:04 pm UTC| Politics
Above it, only skies? In it, only believers? Imagine that! Every election cycle has its firsts. This year, the selection of Kamala Harris as Joe Bidens running mate presented the U.S. with its first politician of...
Donald Trump has COVID-19. How might this affect his chances of re-election?
Oct 05, 2020 13:41 pm UTC| Politics
With just a month left until the November 3 US presidential election, contracting the virus could have politically positive or negative consequences for President Donald Trump. These will, of course, be contingent on how...
October surprise: how foreign policy can shape US presidential elections
Oct 05, 2020 13:34 pm UTC| Politics
Its debate season in the US presidential election race. After the chaos of the first debate, both Donald Trump and Joe Biden will be hoping to regain control of the media narrative at a crucial phase of the...
Digital democracy is still a long way off in Africa: it takes more than technology
Oct 05, 2020 13:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
From the mid-2000s onwards, the digital revolution raised hopes of democratic transformation and strengthening in Africa. But it hasnt quite turned out like that. Now, almost a decade after the Arab Spring, techno-optimism...
How to time a bombshell like Trump's tax returns
Oct 05, 2020 13:24 pm UTC| Politics Economy
Its unlikely The New York Times publication of Donald Trumps tax records just before the first presidential candidates debate was a coincidence. This looks like a classic example of what political scientists and...
Oct 05, 2020 09:29 am UTC| Politics
Previously, first lady Melania Trumps former friend and adviser Stephanie Winston Wolkoff revealed she had recorded conversations as their friendship went downhill and eventually fell out. Some of the conversations have...
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