US Election Series: Jill Stein’s recount effort comes to an end with court order
Dec 08, 2016 10:46 am UTC| Commentary Politics
The District Judge who ordered a recount in Michigan, ruled out his earlier order and called for a halt in the recounting process as he determines that the Green Party candidate Jill Stein has no basis or legal standing to...
Donald Trump’s popularity gets a boost after Carrier deal
Dec 07, 2016 10:59 am UTC| Commentary Politics
According to the latest survey by Politico, the negotiations between the President-elect Donald Trump and Carrier Corporation that saved thousands of jobs and prevented the companys moving out of the United States boosted...
How class and the rise of China won Trump the White House
Dec 06, 2016 20:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Most explanations concerning the reasons that led Trump to victory in the US presidential election are unconvincing for two simple reasons: they brush off the issue of class and the rise of China in the global political...
Backlash prompts Merkel to take hard stance against refugee crisis
Dec 06, 2016 13:22 pm UTC| Commentary Politics
This week a police investigation revealed that a German girl named Maria Ladenburger, 19, who was raped and murdered in Freiburg, Germany, died in the hands of an Afghan teenage refugee, who came illegally in Germany in...
The filter bubble isn't just Facebook's fault -- it's yours
Dec 06, 2016 07:43 am UTC| Technology Politics
Following the shock results of Brexit and the Trump victory, a lot of attention has focused on the role that Facebook might have played in creating online political ghettos in which false news can easily spread. Facebook...
The Italian referendum: No Trump nor Brexit
Dec 06, 2016 07:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The Italians have delivered an overwhelming defeat to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Initial tallies of Dec. 4s referendum show a vote of just under 60 percent rejecting Renzis constitutional reform package, with a little...
A history of the American anti-feminism behind Clinton's defeat
Dec 06, 2016 07:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The victory of Donald J Trump in the November 2016 US presidential election came as a particular shock to those who had believed that the American nation was ready and willing to elect its first female president. Evidence...
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