In my first full day as a WPI fellow in Minneapolis, I found myself in an Italian Renaissance style theatre room full of people laughing wholeheartedly at the penis size of Donald Trump.
Presidential Election
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The Invisible Primary: Why presidential candidates must show up at the Iowa State Fair
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...
Peace and love, lost in time?
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...
NGOs curtail service as Trump sharply reduces refugee admissions to U.S.
The NGO World Relief’s Chicago office, which helped resettle 424 refugees in 2016, received only 35 of them in 2018, as President Donald Trump delivers on his promise to shut the nation’s door on immigrants
Wake up, time to vote!
“In Finland we call the people who don’t vote the ‘Sleepers Party’.”
‘Little House on the Prairie’ and changing demographics
Walnut Grove, Minnesota - One of the most difficult things as a foreigner grappling to understand this year’s presidential campaign is trying to...