by Josefina Pagani | Sep 15, 2018 | Midterm Elections, Personal Reflections, Political Coverage, WPI Activities
Less than 60 days and counting… The 2018 U.S. midterm elections will take place on November 6, in the middle of Republican President Donald Trump’s first term. Control of the legislative branch is at play and the stakes are high. Some pundits are taking a risk...
by Yana Nikolova | Sep 6, 2018 | Immigration, Midterm Elections, Personal Reflections
We are back in Minneapolis! For the next story, I want to take you to a very interesting place, which is not usually included in booklets like “10 top sights in the Twin Cities” . But the place is worth visiting, I promise! https://youtu.be/cTR8eUBCIqo Meet...
by Lidiana Rosli | Sep 3, 2018 | American Presidency, Midterm Elections, Political Coverage
It was set to be an exciting day when the Minnesota chairs of both the Democratic and Republican parties paid the 2018 World Press Institute fellows a visit at the University of St Thomas. Minnesota Republican Party Chair Jennifer Carnahan was first to arrive, and...
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 Lidiana Rosli | Aug 19, 2018 | Midterm Elections, Political Coverage, Politics
The author Lidiana Rosli next to Democratic candidate for the Hennepin County Commissioner position, Blong Yang. A chance encounter on my plane ride from Amsterdam to Minneapolis brought me to a home belonging to a supporter of Council Member Blong Yang on...