by Saara Koho | Aug 25, 2019 | Agriculture and Rural Issues, Personal Reflections, Presidential Election
Looking at the American electoral system and the presidential election process from a foreigner’s point of view, there’s only one word to describe it: incomprehensible. There are primaries, caucuses, delegates and superdelegates. The general election itself is a...
by Luján Scarpinelli | Aug 23, 2019 | Immigration, Personal Reflections, Presidential Election
Bethel, N.Y., 1969. A crowd of youth gathered at a muddy farm to spread a catchy message: “Peace and love.” From August 15 and for three days 50 years ago, good vibes filled the air, while many were fighting in Vietnam. The unexpectedly huge Woodstock festival became...
by Rafael Gregorio | Sep 30, 2018 | Immigration, Immigration Reform, Journalism in the Trump Era, Presidential Election
Three months ago, William came to the United States after a years-long journey from South Sudan, a country immersed since 2013 in a civil war that has already killed 382,000 people, according to the Council on Foreign Relations. He says he is “a little older...
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 Yasmine Ryan | Sep 20, 2016 | Presidential Election
Walnut Grove, Minnesota – One of the most difficult things as a foreigner grappling to understand this year’s presidential campaign is trying to understand the reasons why Donald Trump’s message resonates so strongly with so many. In a visit to the tiny...
by Vinicius Neder | Aug 21, 2016 | Global Business, Homeland Security/Terrorism, Politics, Presidential Election
Since the beginning of his campaign to be the G.O.P.’s candidate in the Presidential election, Donald J. Trump has already suggested to build a wall along the border to Mexico, to increase imports tax, stated that he would fight ISIS and that the U.S. should not...