by Jenny Jannari | Sep 2, 2018 | American Presidency, Midterm Elections, Personal Reflections, Politics, WPI Activities
We had the chance to see the excellent 1968 exhibit at the Minnesota Historical Society. What a crazy year it was 50 years ago in many parts of the world, but especially in the United States! So much changed because of the Vietnam War, the political assassinations of...
by Jenny Jannari | Aug 22, 2018 | American Presidency, Midterm Elections, Personal Reflections, Politics, Presidential Election
Only a week in Minnesota and I had already lost count of how many conversations I’d had where the locals were expressing their distress, sometimes even shame, over the Trump presidency. How could this happen and will it get worse? It almost seems the United States has...
by Maciej Czarnecki | Oct 12, 2017 | American Presidency
The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, are tracking the more than 600 key positions in the Trump administration that require U.S. Senate confirmation. According to their database, 289 of them still have no...
by Kalina Goranova | Oct 11, 2017 | American Presidency
As the federal government steps back in certain areas, like climate change and protecting and enforcement civil rights, we will continue to see city attorney generals and city attorneys stepping in and filling that vacuum“. The words belong to Edward Siskel from the...
by Gabriel Baldocchi | Oct 6, 2017 | American Presidency
The wallets of the residents of South Bend, Ind., have recently become thicker. Don’t get too excited! It’s not money, even though it might also be compared in value for a part of the community. Locals there can now have two different types of identification, the...
by Zablon Mark Oloo | Oct 6, 2017 | American Presidency
President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration reforms will have far-reaching consequences not only in the United States but across the world. Thousands of people who have called the United States home for years will soon be thrown out courtesy of tough...
