A wave of populist sentiment is sweeping the West, with large numbers of people angry and disaffected. The Trump and Brexit victories were political earthquakes that have been described as a...
The first General Election I was eligible to vote in was 1997, when Labour finally took power after 18 years of Tory rule, the majority of which was under Margaret Thatcher. It left me with...
Almost as soon as the Trump Administration commenced, Republican pollster and newly installed Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway uttered five syllables which have since characterized...
There is a reason the National Alliance on Mental Illness calls its outreach program “Ending the Silence”. When assessing our collective well-being and potential, mental health is a...
How many thinkpieces have you read about Trump voters? Dozens? Hundreds? How many times have you turned on cable news to see a field reporter in West Virginia or Ohio, out communing with the...
It has only been a few weeks since Prime Minister Theresa May announced her snap General Election, but it feels like the fighting and sniping has been going on for years. Leaderless ‘leader...
The disability community has been waiting with grave concern for Trump’s ambitious budget proposal, fearing heavy cuts to the services they rely on despite his campaign promise to leave key...
The Trump presidency has galvanized millions of Americans into engaging in politics for the first time. This newfound energy is crucial and powerful, but political newbies can make...
As the snap General Election approaches, many Brits are wondering what each political party can offer them and the country. For women, making up just over half of the population, there are...
During its half century of Soviet and Nazi occupation, more than 47,000 Latvians (nearly three percent of the country’s population) were prosecuted and punished. Latvia doesn’t want that...
