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How I met the Mooch

How I met the Mooch

by Kate Bartlett | Oct 11, 2019 | American Presidency, Journalism in the Trump Era, Personal Reflections, Politics, Presidential Election

I had a run-in with ”the Mooch” recently. I spoke to former White House adviser Anthony Scaramucci outside an event of his in Austin, Texas, and, um, it got a bit awkward. When he learned I was from South Africa, the Mooch said sarcastically that he supposed things...
Cyberattacks: The biggest threat to the United States?

Cyberattacks: The biggest threat to the United States?

by Rosen Tsvetkov | Oct 6, 2019 | Presidential Election, Privacy

He is 20 years old. Since his childhood, computers have been the center of his life. He works in the capital of Bulgaria, Sofia, as a cybersecurity expert at a firm owned by an American company in Washington, D.C. “There is so much you can learn,” Kristiyan Boykov...
Do you believe in life after impeachment?

Do you believe in life after impeachment?

by Hamdi Baala | Oct 1, 2019 | American Presidency, Journalism, Midterm Elections, Political Coverage, Politics, Presidential Election, WPI Activities

To enter the Paramount Theater last Saturday afternoon, you needed to stand in line for at least two hours in the Austin, Texas, heat. The star of the show was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the Texas Tribune Festival’s closing guest. I did not want to stand in...
The biggest political turmoil since 2016

The biggest political turmoil since 2016

by Gergő Plankó | Oct 1, 2019 | Politics, Presidential Election

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi replied with two words when she was asked what changed her position about the impeachment of Donald Trump. “The facts,” she said, during a live interview on stage at the Texas Tribune Festival last week. We are in the middle of the biggest...
Mayor Pete and gay rights in America

Mayor Pete and gay rights in America

by Kate Bartlett | Sep 29, 2019 | American Presidency, Personal Reflections, Politics, Presidential Election

When a little-known politician named Barack Obama first announced he was running for president I didn’t think he stood a chance.   “Sadly, Americans will never vote for a black president,” I told my friends. I hadn’t spent any real time in the United States back then...

Black voters, a deciding factor for the presidential election?

by Luján Scarpinelli | Sep 22, 2019 | Politics, Presidential Election

The 2020 U.S. presidential election race is likely to be a tough battle on all fronts. After four years of the Trump administration, the polarization between Democrats and Republicans is even wider and, in this context, the black vote could be a deciding factor that...

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