Fact Check: Was there a Bowling Green Massacre?
Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway claimed on MSNBC Thursday night that Bowling Green, Ky., was the scene of a massacre carried out by Iraqis. Conway…
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Trump’s Immigration Ban Fuels Fear For Some Young Doctors Whose Jobs May Be In Limbo
By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration, which sparked protests abroad and in the U.S., is also raising fears about the…
Trump’s first Supreme Court pick – will he make it to the bench?
Michael Patrick Cullinane, Northumbria University, Newcastle When staunchly conservative US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died in March 2016, the highest court in the land…
President Trump Announces Supreme Court Nomination
On Tuesday, January 31st President Donald Trump announced his selection for the Supreme Court. Judge Neil Gorsuch-10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver is…
How Trump’s travel ban differs from Obama’s visa restrictions
Photo: joepiette2/flickr, CC BY-NC Moritz Pieper, University of Salford Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration, issued on January 27 2017, indefinitely bars Syrian refugees from entering…
Travel Ban Impacting Academics
President Trump’s travel ban is drawing criticism from several colleges and universities throughout the U.S. due to some professors and students being detained or stranded…
Protest Media Coverage and the False Narrative
Often, the negative news reported about large demonstrations/protests is grossly exaggerated (and sometimes outright false) and may give the illusion of an event that was…
Scientists to March on Washington
In an effort to take a stand for science in politics, American scientists are coming together to protest the Trump administration’s resistance to scientists communicating…
Voter Fraud vs. Election Fraud by the Numbers
Voter ID and voter fraud are topics once again with Donald Trump claiming 3.5 million illegal immigrants voted. With this in mind, we set out…
Trump’s America – the land of the not-so-free press
Photo Source: Wikimedia Ivor Gaber, University of Sussex The Trump offensive – in both senses of the word – against the media continues unabated. The…