In 2016, Americans used hashtags such as #politics, #maga, and #Trump to communicate in anticipation of the upcoming presidential election. They didn’t realize they were actually speaking to Russian trolls,…
Every presidential election cycle, I get unreasonably excited to watch presidential debates. Something about the lack of coherence, the dodging of questions, and the overall contentious nature of the event…
Tucker Carlson is the most watched media personality in the United States and to those familiar with his rhetoric that is an incredibly worrying fact. Carlson is a prevalent promoter…
Former President Trump’s harsh and cruel immigration policies were the subject of much controversy and opposition during his time in office. President Biden, during his campaign, made a key commitment…
The midterm elections were, overall, a poor performance for the Republican Party. According to FiveThirtyEight’s forecast, the most commonly predicted outcome was a 51-49 split in the Senate and a…
“Let’s go, Brandon” is a hard slogan to miss these days. Trending frequently on Twitter, it has become a rallying cry of sorts for Republicans who wish to proclaim “F***…
Courtesy of Fiona Sharpe | Twitter: @SharpeFiona Since I became politically aware, I have been a conservative and a loyal Republican. I grew up in a bourgeois religious community, so…
The first I learned of the mass Trump support among Vietnamese Americans was only days before the presidential election. Despite being a second-generation Vietnamese American, I grew up in a…
Signing ceremony for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, held virtually. Source: The New York Times. On Sunday, November 15, 15 Asian-Pacific countries signed the largest free trade deal in the…
Illustration: Courtesy of Zohar Lazar for New York Magazine “Where We Go One, We Go All.” The lurid slogan belongs to the notorious far-right conspiracy theory community called QAnon. The…