America, your democracy is a joke
The Republican Party hates democracy. They have put up every hurdle they can to prevent Democrats winning control of Congress – despite this, the opposition party made big gains in the mid-term elections this week.
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The Republican Party hates democracy. They have put up every hurdle they can to prevent Democrats winning control of Congress – despite this, the opposition party made big gains in the mid-term elections this week.
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YouTube is no stranger to scandal. Vlogger Logan Paul’s tasteless visit to Aokigahara exposes a platform in dire need of moderation.
Latin America has always been a haven for populist politics. In 2018, corruption and economic stagnation might see two elected as president in the region’s largest economies, Mexico and Brazil.
IT WILL TAKE a gargantuan effort for the Democratic Party to wrest the Senate away from the Republicans this November.Continue Reading
In retrospect, 2017 hasn’t produced a lot of good news, from Trump to the sexual harassment revalations. But don’t despair: there are signs the tide is beginning to turn.
WHAT’S A WORLD CUP without Italy? Anyone following the draw today, will have been dismayed to see the four-time worldContinue Reading
American white supremacists take their cues from a far older influence than the Nazis: the Confederate States of America, a nation dedicated to upholding and extending slavery.
Lord North is sometimes called Britain’s worst ever prime minister. But does the man who lost the American colonies deserve this title, or was he a hapless victim of circumstance?
Distrust of a religious minority, limited interest in international trade, a desire to protect a national identity: this is early modern Japan, a feudal backwater that had cut itself off from the world.