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...
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...
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...
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...
by Hamdi Baala | Sep 18, 2019 | American Presidency, Changes in Journalism, Journalism, Journalism in the era of "fake news", Journalism in the Trump Era, Political Coverage, Presidential Election
Two and a half years into Donald Trump’s term, the U.S. president has often stated that what he calls the “Fake News Media,” e.g. mainstream media outlets, do everything they can to downplay his accomplishments in order to make him look bad. “The Fake News Media...
by Gergő Plankó | Sep 6, 2019 | American Presidency, Politics, Presidential Election
“I just took a DNA test, turns out…” posted Hillary Clinton last week, re-tweeting a meme by singer-songwriter-flutist Lizzo. It’s a quote from the wildly popular song “Truth Hurts,” and it goes on like this: “…I’m a 100% that bitch.” The...