BY: M. TOMOSKI It was four in the morning, and I was somewhere in Illinois by the time the Democratic caucus results finally came in from Iowa. The entire night seemed to be a symptom of the chaotic enthusiasm each…
Strange Days in Corn Country: Sunday Service with the Cult of Cruz
M. TOMOSKI A campaign organizer took the altar on Sunday afternoon to announce that anyone who parked at the shops across the street would have their vehicle towed. “Someone’s not a fan of Ted,” a member of the congregation said.…
Strange Days in Corn Country: Why Trump supporters are torn between shame and obssession
M. TOMOSKI The Trump Show After seven hours on the road, I crossed the Mississippi into Davenport tired, thirsty and with no notion of what to expect ahead of the official start of the 2016 Presidential Election. It all came…
Young voters are feeling the Bern and Hillary Clinton is feeling the pressure
M. TOMOSKI Just months ago, with no opposition and big money supporters like Goldman Sachs, Hillary Clinton was bound for a free ride back to the White House. But as Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump announced their candidacy, Americans on…
It’s time to admit that Donald Trump can win…and that the alternative is just as terrifying
M. TOMOSKI With only weeks until the starting gun sounds off in Iowa, it’s time to face some hard truths. In particular, the truth we’ve all denied for months as we chanted, “Trump can’t win” into the wind like a…
Why Donald Trump’s brand of Conservatism is so dangerous
BY: TREVOR HEWITT The twin towers fell a little over a month from my ninth birthday. I remember my mom taking me out of Ms. Baker’s dingy khaki portable; we went and picked up my six-year-old sister from her class.…
Here are some things that Canadians can hope for now that Harper is out
BY: ERIK HUSTON The October 19th election was a doozie. Tensions have always been high between parties but never have the stakes been this stacked. Justin Trudeau, Stephen Harper, Tom Mulcair and Elizabeth May battled it out in an intense…
Here are the weirdest Canadian political parties that you never knew existed
BY: AIDAN MACNAB This was the longest election campaign in over 100 years and as far as Canadians can tell, they have three options tomorrow: NDP, Conservative, or Liberal. But the truth is we have a much more diverse set…
Want a day off work? Turns out your boss legally has to give you time off to vote
BY: JESSICA BEUKER “I’m too busy,” or “I work all day,” won’t cut it as reasonable excuses for not voting in the coming Canadian election. Because legally, your boss has to give you time off to vote. According to Federal…
The first openly transgender White House official could change American politics
BY: MELISSA MYERS Raffi Freedman-Gurspan is the first openly transgender person to join the White House staff, and a transgender women of colour at that. This announcement comes less than two months after same-sex marriage was declared a right in…
Politicians and celebrities are hiring fake fans to fool you into liking them — and it’s working
BY: DANIEL KORN If you were sitting at your computer screen with a look of bewilderment and mockery when you first read the words “Donald Trump Announces Presidential Campaign,” wondering how the sleazy, xenophobic, homophobic, failed businessman could have possibly…
How “The Revolving Door” has made contemporary politics a puppet show
BY: MITCHELL THOMPSON The Federal government has attempted to stop revolving door practices by banning officials from working for companies that they had dealings with in their final year in office. However Duff Conacher of Democracy Watch argues that the…
Scientific study confirms politicians are just as full of shit as you thought
BY: TED BARNABY The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology recently published a study that confirms the long time public suspicion that political parties will refute well-established scientific evidence (like climate change) if they do not like the proposed solution…
Why politics has become a dirty word
BY: THE PLAID ZEBRA Youth of today speak of the Canadian political system as if it has never belonged to them. Today we face a world characterized by forecasts of environmental catastrophe and a growing social inequality preserved by insatiable…