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Trump’s speech was called ‘dark,’ while Clinton let some optimism in.
The outcome of the US presidential election in November may well hinge on how Americans react to the violence in their country.
Scholars studied every tweet sent and Facebook post made by Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump since before the primaries. Here’s what they learned about issues and negativity.
Party platforms help create parties, not the other way around. A political party expert explains what platforms are, why they matter and for whom.
Digital media has the power to inform, but it is also helping some to spread hate. Have we reached the tipping point between order and chaos at the global level?
The Republicans’ nominee has opened up a huge lead over Hillary Clinton among white voters – but that may not mean much in the end.
Research shows that even people who consciously reject sexism often subconsciously equate leadership with men.
Lucky Luciano, Al Capone and FDR walk into a Democratic convention…
Anyone who still dismisses Donald Trump as a ludicrous amateur should now realise just how dangerous he is.
Even by the standards of the Trump campaign, the Republican jamboree in Cleveland was a sorry spectacle.
Trump appeared surprisingly presidential. According to a scholar of American political rhetoric, there were echoes of Roosevelt, Eisenhower and Reagan.
A host of vast and persistent economic inequalities in America has created the perfect environment for a right-wing populist like Donald Trump.
A 20-year conservative trend in the Supreme Court is on the line. A constitutional scholar examines why this issue alone will drive herds of voters to the polls in November.
Donald Trump wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act and allow insurers in one state to sell in another. Do his ideas hold up?
Donald Trump runs his campaign like reality television – high on emotion, low on substance. But that is the key to his appeal to many disenfranchised Americans.
RNC protests in Cleveland have been peaceful, but are they effective? A historian explains what happened at the DNC in 1968 and why activists may want to reconsider their tactics.
Plagiarism in public life is an ugly slight upon the intelligence and the trust of an audience.
Australia needs a clear bipartisan vision of its role in the world and a strategic agenda for the long-term national interest.
With prospective first lady Melania Trump accused of plagiarising Michelle Obama, the Republicans are off to a predictably rocky start.
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