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George Washington’s Warning About Hyper-Partisanship and Demagogues
Think hyper-partisanship and demagoguery are new issues? Think again. Even the very first United States president, George Washington, warned us about the problems they could bring on our government and our people.
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Why Did So Many Registered Voters Sit Out the 2016 Election?
More often than not, Americans tend to talk about the presidential election in terms of halves: one half of the country voted for Republican nominee Donald Trump, and the other half voted for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. But that is simply not the case.
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Debunking the ‘Reverse Racism’ Myth
The economic, political, and social power that white people have historically wielded over people of color makes it impossible for them to experience the opposite. In order to do so, they would have to suffer hundreds of years of systemic oppression.
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Nearly 20% Would Deny Voting Rights to Muslim Citizens
A new study has found that many Republicans consider Islam to be a “false religion.” Misconceptions about Islam have driven not only President Trump’s travel ban but the shocking fact that nearly one-fifth of Americans would deny Muslim citizens their Constitutional right to vote.
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Why White Women Vote Republican
To put it succinctly, white women who voted for Donald Trump on Election Day did so for a number of complicated reasons including “white fear,” lack of association with people who would be hurt by the president’s policies, and a sad history of being heavily involved in the white supremacist movement.
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Is ‘White Fear’ Part of What Got President Trump Elected?
Donald Trump wasn’t expected to win the election. During the campaign season, he was behind in the polls the entire time, he was plagued by scandals and, by the end of the race, he’d been abandoned by just about every respectable politician on both sides of the aisle.
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Is “Hostile Sexism” Playing Out in Politics?
Something called “hostile sexism” may have played a role in the 2016 election. A recent study from psychologists at Harvard University shows that after controlling for all factors, hostile sexism remained a predictor of voting for Donald Trump.
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What the GOP and Putin Have in Common
According to Politico, Putin has been targeting the American right since at least 2013. Not only has he gone to great lengths to market himself and Russia as the final bastion of “traditional values,” but he’s also condemned the “genderless and infertile” liberal attitudes of the U.S. and other Western countries.
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Republican Senators Meet Russians Officials in Moscow
While most Americans were busy celebrating our nation’s independence, GOP leaders spent July 4 (along with the two days leading up to it) meeting with Russian officials in Moscow, while their colleagues back home confirmed the Russians meddled in our election.
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