Young Zimbabweans are using YouTube to ridicule politicians and educate voters
Aug 24, 2023 07:46 am UTC| Politics
As Zimbabwe holds its 2023 elections, young creatives are taking to social media like YouTube to discuss politics and to create comic spoofs and critiques that speak back to the countrys autocratic government. One...
Aug 24, 2023 07:45 am UTC| Politics
Despite the avalanche of legal indictments, Donald Trump remains favourite to win the Republican nomination for the 2024 US presidential election. According to a poll reported by the website Real Clear Politics on August...
Fifteen years after the war in Georgia, the dilemmas of the European Union in the South Caucasus
Aug 24, 2023 07:13 am UTC| Politics
Fifteen years ago this month, while all eyes were set on Beijing for the opening of the 29th Olympic Games of the modern era, war broke out between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia. Officially part of Georgia since...
What would Aristotle think about the current state of politics?
Aug 24, 2023 07:10 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
In recent years, political debate has degenerated into ever more aggressive partisan mudslinging and character assassination, with no room for a reasoned and non-rancorous discussion of competing alternatives in assessing...
Aug 24, 2023 07:09 am UTC| Politics
In Moral Progress in Dark Times, German philosopher Markus Gabriel makes a case for a new enlightenment based on universal values, arguing that the democratic law-based state is a valuable vehicle for encouraging this...
Aug 22, 2023 04:23 am UTC| Politics Life
Pope Francis upcoming visit to Mongolia, which is home to fewer than 1,500 Catholics, has elicited curiosity among Catholics and non-Catholics alike. This will be the popes 43rd trip abroad since his election on March...
Presidential pauses? What those 'ums' and 'uhs' really tell us about candidates for the White House
Aug 22, 2023 04:23 am UTC| Politics
Nine. That is the number of uhs that former President Barack Obama uttered in a period of two minutes during a 2012 presidential debate. Other Obama uh counters, such as University of Pennsylvania linguist Mark Liberman,...
Canadians are feeling increasingly powerless amid economic struggles and rising inequality