Why Bernie Sanders' supporters should be good losers
Aug 02, 2016 05:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
What does it mean to be a good loser in politics? In 2015, I taught a seminar called, simply, Political Losers. In the course, we read about political loss in labor strikes, in social movement campaigns, in elections...
How vulnerable to hacking is the US election cyber infrastructure?
Aug 01, 2016 08:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Following the hack of Democratic National Committee emails and reports of a new cyberattack against the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, worries abound that foreign nations may be clandestinely involved in the...
US Election Series: Betting odds favor Clinton while Trump leads in polls
Jul 29, 2016 09:54 am UTC| Commentary Politics
Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump for the first time has taken a clear lead over Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton since the Primaries ended in June. In last 15 polls, conducted since 20th July,...
US Election Series: How the estimated electoral map appears?
Jul 29, 2016 08:49 am UTC| Commentary Politics
To win the White House a candidate needs to secure 270 electorates from a total of 538 available. Details of the final election processare explained here,...
US Election Series: Final election process explained
Jul 29, 2016 08:25 am UTC| Commentary
Republican Partys national convention last week in Cleveland, Ohio and the Democratic national convention in Philadelphia this week marked the end of the primaries officially for the two major parties and now the election...
US Election Series: Trump’s Russia comments receive more scrutiny than Hillary’s emails
Jul 29, 2016 07:29 am UTC| Commentary Politics
In this years election, Republican nominee Donald Trump and controversies have almost become synonymous, however, the mainstream American media sometimes focuses on something other than what deserves more attention. The...
After Philadephia, logic and numbers back Clinton for the win – but it's not that simple
Jul 29, 2016 07:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Logic and the electoral map suggest that Hillary Clinton will be the next president of the United States, yet even six months ago most commentators asserted her Republican opponent would not be Donald Trump. Clintons...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects