by Alexander Nicoll | 12 Oct 2020 | Politics, United States
Donald Trump and Boris Johnson won power as populists, backed by angry voters. Now COVID-19 is exposing their shortcomings in the U.S. and UK. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) and U.S. President Donald J. Trump (L) in London, 4 December 2019 (EPA-EFE/PETER...
by Tania Bagan | 5 Jul 2017 | Politics, Student Posts, United States
I grew up in Europe and study in the United States. I ask myself: Just how serious is the U.S. problem with guns compared to other countries? Semi-automatic rifles on display in Webster, Texas, 15 March 2017. (AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane) This is the latest in a...
by Tania Bagan | 20 Jun 2017 | Europe, Indiana University, Islam, Student Posts, United States
Immigration is a fact of life in our globalized world. But how can newcomers maintain their cultural identities in an era of Trump and Brexit? Can immigrants maintain their identities and traditions in their new homes? Or should they assimilate fully to ensure...
by News Decoder | 13 Jun 2017 | Politics, United States
By Robert Hart Earlier this month, after President Donald Trump announced that he was pulling the United States out of the 2015 Paris Agreement on combating climate change, a crowd of some 200 supporters demonstrated outside the White House waving placards proclaiming...
by Leyla Beck | 13 Apr 2017 | Economy, King’s College London, Student Posts, United States
Donald Trump has denounced free trade. But protectionism will not solve America’s problems and could contribute to the breakup of the EU. A truck pulls into a warehouse in Laredo, Texas. Donald Trump’s campaign promise to abandon the North American Free Trade...