The seeds of the alt-right, America's emergent right-wing populist movement
Nov 25, 2016 09:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
In recent months, far-right activists which some have labeled the alt-right have gone from being an obscure, largely online subculture to a player at the very center of American politics. Long relegated to the...
US Election Series: Just when you thought it’s over
Nov 24, 2016 08:55 am UTC| Commentary Politics
Just when you thought this years exhaustive election with all of its drama is over, it might not just be. Cries from Activists have become so louder over recounting, that it might actually happen in some of the key...
Donald Trump is wrong to back track on Clinton probe
Nov 23, 2016 09:58 am UTC| Commentary Politics
Donald Trump backtracked on one of his campaign promises that he would appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clintons use of private email server. Through the most part of his campaign, he has been a fierce...
It wasn't just 'fake news' presenting a fake Hillary Clinton
Nov 23, 2016 02:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Despite Hillary Clintons long and demonstrable commitment to public service and liberal reform, many voters in the 2016 presidential election were persuaded that she was corrupt, mercenary and even murderous. A sinister...
'Fake news' is poison for the body politic – can it be stopped?
Nov 22, 2016 23:35 pm UTC| Technology Politics
If prescription drugs contained as much fake content as the news coverage of the 2016 US presidential election, there would be wide demands for government action. But, it was only news. However, fake news can be as...
The dirty politics of scapegoating – and why victims are always the harmless, easy targets
Nov 22, 2016 23:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Economy
The word scapegoat is being used a lot in discussions about politics in 2016. The new US president-elect, Donald Trump, appealed to some voters with rhetoric that appeared to scapegoat Mexicans and Muslims for various...
Do conservatives value 'moral purity' more than liberals?
Nov 22, 2016 23:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
In the wake of Donald Trumps election, the overwhelming response among progressives was how in the world did this happen? Those of us who study the rise of political and moral polarization in the United States, however,...
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