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/ 2 months agoAmerica’s glass ceiling remains − here are some of the reasons why a woman may have once again lost the presidency
While other countries have had female leaders in office, these women tend to have family connections or hold roles that are...
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/ 2 months agoIran’s currency was already tumbling − and then news of Trump’s victory broke
Iran’s rial fell against the dollar just as Trump was claiming victory. The 2 events are linked, argues an expert on...
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/ 2 months agoNow the Electoral College votes for president – 4 essential reads
Voters have cast their ballots. Now the 2024 US presidential election comes down to the Electoral College.
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/ 2 months agoWhat Buddhism can teach in this moment of deep divisions: No person is ‘evil,’ only ‘mistaken’
If we considered people on the other side of a disagreement as not ‘evil’ but ‘mistaken’ or ‘ill-informed,’ it might create...
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/ 2 months agoThis course uses crime novels to teach critical thinking
Can stories about detectives from days gone by help students learn to think more critically? An English lecturer provides clues through...
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/ 2 months agoTrump’s comeback victory, after reshaping his party and national politics, looks a lot like Andrew Jackson’s in 1828
His return follows the trail of another American president who rebounded from defeat to victory and then four years of unchecked...
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/ 2 months agoWhat is ‘ballot curing’? Election expert explains the method for fixing errors made when voters cast their ballots
Ballot curing aims to ensure that every valid vote is counted, even those with messy signatures, misspelled names or missing IDs.
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/ 2 months ago2024’s Election Day heads into the history books alongside 1964 and 1980 landslides and 2000’s Bush v. Gore nail-biter
In US history, there have been many memorable elections – including those involving quick, decisive wins and others subjected to drawn-out...
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/ 2 months agoWill the lights go out on Cuba’s communist leaders? With fewer options to prop up economy, their future looks dimmer
Blackouts on the Caribbean island are shining a light on a crumbling economy that the nation’s communist leaders may struggle to...
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/ 2 months agoKristallnacht’s legacy still haunts Hamburg − even as the city rebuilds a former synagogue burned in the Nazi pogrom
Questions about how to represent German Jews, past and present, have complicated plans to rebuild the destroyed temple.
