Tag / Trump
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Democratic Party Growing Pains
“When @realDonaldTrump tells four American Congresswomen to go back to their countries, he reaffirms his plan to ‘Make America Great Again’ has always been about making America white again. Our diversity is our strength and our unity is our power.” So read House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s tweet, a direct response to President Trump’s racist attack…
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Two Years Of Shutdown In Northern Ireland
The 35-day shutdown in Washington seemed to last an eternity, but it was a blink in comparison to the current government shutdown in Northern Ireland. On January 7 of this year, Northern Ireland celebrated an embarrassing two-year anniversary of government shutdown, with no end in sight. It is now the longest government shutdown in world…
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Sorting, Polarization, And Gridlock: Policy Finds A Way
[su_pullquote align=”right”]Legislative gridlock hasn’t stopped policy from being made, it’s now just being made outside of the normal channels in ways strain our constitutional and political system.[/su_pullquote]American government is broken. Supermajoritarian institutions in the United States, most notably the Senate, have created legislative gridlock and frustrated majorities. The Senate effectively requires 60 votes to pass…
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The Antidote To The Sino-American Trade Conflict
For most of human history all but a sliver of the populace scraped by on a meager income below the current International Poverty Line of just $1.90. Not until the Enlightenment in the West did global wealth experience a significant, sustained increase over time. Not coincidentally, the interval since the Enlightenment has also been the…
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Trades and Tweets
It is likely that anyone who has consumed any form of news in the last several months has heard about the U.S.’s trade war with China. It is equally likely that that news contained some mention of how irrational, ineffectual, and harmful this trade policy is. Trump’s tweets on the issue have not exactly inspired…
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International Institute Of St. Louis
“It is like it is so hard to be stateless. You have no rights, you have nothing. You know you are kind of like, the status of an animal…it’s that bad to be stateless.” This is how Suk Sapopka recounted his experience as a Bhutanese refugee to an intern at the International Institute of St.…
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Dummymandering: How Partisan Gerrymanders Could Backfire In 2018
It is no secret that political parties draw congressional district lines to benefit themselves. However, this November there are two states in which this gerrymandering could backfire on each party. Recent political trends and unexpected demographic shifts have changed the makeup of districts in many states since the district lines were drawn in 2010. This…
