US Election Series

US Election Series: Thousands of undisclosed Clinton emails will be made public in months

Aug 23, 2016 12:48 pm UTC| Commentary Politics

According to Judicial Watch, a conservative group, whose lawsuits against the state department is likely to reveal more on Hillary Clintons use of private email server said on Monday, that the group is in negotiations with...

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Briferendum Aftermath Series

After Brexit, nationals could take a lesson in integration from immigrants

Aug 23, 2016 09:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Hate crimes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland reached a new peak after the UKs Brexit vote. This was sadly predictable, considering that one of the Leave campaigns key arguments in favour of exiting the European Union...

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How Dostoevsky predicted Trump's America

Aug 23, 2016 09:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

As a professor of Russian literature, Ive come to realize that its never a good sign when real life resembles a Fyodor Dostoevsky novel. Donald Trumps presidential campaign, with its riotous rhetoric and steady stream...

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Voter ID laws: Why black Democrats' fight for the ballot in Mississippi still matters

Aug 23, 2016 07:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

This fall, we are faced with the question of who will become president. And equally important who can vote? Over the past decade, Republican lawmakers in more than 20 states have enacted laws making it harder to vote....

As census failure blame points at IBM, why we shouldn't be surprised by its failings

Aug 16, 2016 15:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology Politics

The Australian online census, which failed so spectacularly last week has still not succeeded in having enough people complete the process for it to be rescued from irrelevance. Fewer than half of Australias households...

Turkey's post-coup commitment to democracy offers chance to resolve Kurdish crisis

Aug 16, 2016 15:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Turkeys failed military coup last month rocked the foundations of its political system, yet in some ways the country has emerged stronger and more resilient. And thats precisely what Turkey needs to deal with one of its...

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Are U.S. politics beyond a joke?

Aug 16, 2016 15:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

I really do respect the press, President Barack Obama joked at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner in 2013, shortly after his second successful election campaign. I recognize that the press and I have...