Friday, April 19, 2024
Photo courtesy of Fair Use, Wikipedia How popular would a television series have to be to have major celebrities actually looking forward to being lampooned in horribly distorted cartoons of themselves? As popular as the Brit-hit satire puppet show “Spitting Image.” “Spitting Image” was an era-defining comedy series that […]
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Wikipedia Four days after election day, Joe Biden was announced as the winner of the 2020 presidential election. This election’s results prove to be significant in the number of firsts it has. Because he will be 78 by the end of this month, Biden will […]
Photo courtesy of Emma – Ariana Grande, Wikipedia Now that election season is finally coming to a close and Democratic candidate Joe Biden is our new president-elect, it’s time for us all to relax and listen to some needed festive music. While 2020 was a rough year, for the […]
Photo by Sarah Sanchez When Pallavi Reddy was 10 years old, she knew she wanted to be a journalist. However, she had no idea she would end up covering one of the most divisive presidential elections. As a CNN producer, Reddy traveled the country following Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. […]
Photo courtesy of U.S. Congress, Wikipedia After a stunning electoral upset over Secretary Clinton, Donald Trump is poised to become one of the most influential leaders in the world as President-elect of the U.S. Already, President-elect Donald Trump’s actions have received a mix of positive and negative reactions from the […]
Photo courtesy of Yuya Tamai, Flickr The world was watching as America went to the polls last month to select the next president. On Tuesday, Ramapo welcomed a Japanese newspaper editor to share an international perspective on the election of Donald Trump. Hiroyuki Nishimura is Deputy Editor of the Nikkei […]
Photo courtesy of Jacob Feldman Photography In times of great social unrest, the public can at least be promised that the soundtrack of their country will only grow stronger as musicians write and debut music commenting on contemporary issues. Some of the best music has come out of protests: be […]
Photo courtesy of Donkey Hotey, Flickr President-elect Donald Trump secured the nomination after a grueling election night stretching into the early hours of Wednesday morning. The nation’s decision in his favor capped off a campaign marked by Trump’s controversial behavior and his image as a political outsider. Controversial to the last minute, […]
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Wikipedia In the early hours of Nov. 9, it became official: Donald Trump is the next president of the United States. After winning several very important swing states, Trump secured the 270 electoral college votes he needed to defeat Hillary Clinton, bringing to an end […]
Photo courtesy of Flickr According to the Pew Research Center, 76 percent of Americans feel money has a greater influence on politics today than before. And 64 percent believe that the high cost of presidential campaigns discourages good candidates. Most striking is that this concern over money in politics is […]
