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Male Supremacy: What will men do when religious autocrats come for the women in their lives?

Male Supremacy: What will men do when religious autocrats come for the women in their lives?

Posted by | Aug 7, 2022

A Texas woman with an ectopic pregnancy, a life-threatening condition that never produces a baby, was recently forced to wait until it ruptured inside her, putting her life in danger. Imagine if that was you or someone you loved. Republican laws are now making doctors wait until women are nearly dead before they can provide life-saving medical treatment for lethal conditions like that ectopic pregnancy and incomplete miscarriages. This is insane. What would you do if that was your daughter, wife, mother, or sister who was forced to bleed out for ten long days so a Republican politician could...

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RNC 2024: Republican Party officially selects Milwaukee as host city for its National Convention

RNC 2024: Republican Party officially selects Milwaukee as host city for its National Convention

Posted by | Aug 6, 2022

Milwaukee will officially be the site of the 2024 Republican National Convention, playing host to an event that could bring 50,000 visitors and millions of dollars to the city. It is a move by Republicans to try and take back Wisconsin after Democratic President Joe Biden narrowly defeated Republican Donald Trump in the 2020 Presidential Election. Wisconsin has been a crucial swing state in recent national elections. Republicans will name their next candidate for President of the United States in a city that has been a Democratic stronghold for years as conservative leaders will likely be organizing and holding...

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Reggie Jackson: The Myth of America as a land of Representative Democracy

Reggie Jackson: The Myth of America as a land of Representative Democracy

Posted by | Aug 5, 2022

“The United States is a representative democracy…voting in an election and contacting our elected officials are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy.” – The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) I’ve grown tired of hearing people talking about how “our democracy” is in jeopardy. Americans love to brag about their form of government and claim “our democracy” is the best in the world. How “best” is defined is subjective. Certainly if we were to compare participation as citizens in the most important elections in the country, we would trail most other self-described democratic nations in...

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Guns as a symbol of Whiteness: How GOP ads use militant identity politics to promote culture wars

Guns as a symbol of Whiteness: How GOP ads use militant identity politics to promote culture wars

Posted by | Aug 4, 2022

By Ryan Neville-Shepard, Associate Professor of Communication, University of Arkansas; and Casey Ryan Kelly, Professor of Communication Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Republican Eric Greitens, a candidate for Missouri’s open U.S. Senate seat, shocked viewers with a new online political ad in June 2022 that encouraged his supporters to go “RINO hunting.” Appearing with a shotgun and a smirk, Greitens leads the hunt for RINOs, shorthand for the derisive “Republicans In Name Only.” Along with armed soldiers, Greitens is storming a house under the cover of a smoke grenade. “Join the MAGA crew,” Greitens says in the...

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At the mercy of China: How corporate profiteers that sent manufacturing jobs overseas put America at risk

At the mercy of China: How corporate profiteers that sent manufacturing jobs overseas put America at risk

Posted by | Aug 3, 2022

China is threatening the United States: this could get very ugly, very quickly. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is planning a trip to Taiwan, the first for a Speaker in a quarter-century, as part of a larger trip to the region that will include Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, and Malaysia. China broke away from Taiwan in 1949 and has claimed ever since that the island nation is part of China proper. Taiwan, one of the worlds’ most vibrant democracies, wants to maintain their independence as a separate, sovereign nation. China is not happy about Pelosi’s trip and the increased level of...

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Threats from Beijing: Why Nancy Pelosi’s congressional visit to Taiwan provoked such diplomatic anger

Threats from Beijing: Why Nancy Pelosi’s congressional visit to Taiwan provoked such diplomatic anger

Posted by | Aug 3, 2022

By Meredith Oyen, Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Before U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had confirmed when, or even if, she would visit Taiwan, the mere suggestion ruffled feathers. Such was the sensitivity over the island’s status that reports of her possible trip resulted in a warning by China of “serious consequences,” and a suggestion by President Joe Biden that the visit was “not a good idea.” Amid the rhetoric and heightened tensions, Taiwan began conducting military drills. The comments followed a report by the Financial Times that Pelosi had planned to...

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