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On October 3, Saturday Night Live’s forty-first season premiered with a cold opener mocking Donald and Melania Trump. The skit portrayed Donald as arrogant and irreverent and Melania as clueless, and it routinely made references to Trump’s sexis...

First Ladies and Lads of the 2016 Presidential Election

On October 3, Saturday Night Live’s forty-first season premiered with a cold opener mocking Donald and Melania Trump. The skit portrayed Donald as arrogant and irreverent and Melania as clueless, and it routinely made references to Trump’s sexis...

Every day, more and more Swedish workers are working less and less. This is not because of unemployment or laziness, but due to a societal shift towards a six-hour workday. Many companies across the Scandinavian country have formally adopted the shor...

The Rise of European Leisure

Every day, more and more Swedish workers are working less and less. This is not because of unemployment or laziness, but due to a societal shift towards a six-hour workday. Many companies across the Scandinavian country have formally adopted the shor...

Almost a full year into her first term, Governor Gina Raimondo has already taken ambitious steps toward her campaign promise to revamp the Rhode Island economy. This past June, she signed a number of financial incentives into the state budget, includ...

Reviving Rhode Island: A Familiar Plan

Almost a full year into her first term, Governor Gina Raimondo has already taken ambitious steps toward her campaign promise to revamp the Rhode Island economy. This past June, she signed a number of financial incentives into the state budget, includ...

Likening Donald Trump to Bernie Sanders may elicit a laugh. However, both presidential candidates are essentially running on a populist platform. With Senator Sanders, populism comes in the form of democratic socialism that champions the causes of th...

The Tax Plans of America’s Self-Proclaimed Populists

Likening Donald Trump to Bernie Sanders may elicit a laugh. However, both presidential candidates are essentially running on a populist platform. With Senator Sanders, populism comes in the form of democratic socialism that champions the causes of th...

As the Oscar season comes whirling in, the next big culture war stands in the wings ready to pounce on an unsuspecting, yet willing audience, sparking debate in Hollywood and in Washington. Over the past few years, movies have not only brought movieg...

Oscar Season: The Artistic Side of Political Discourse

As the Oscar season comes whirling in, the next big culture war stands in the wings ready to pounce on an unsuspecting, yet willing audience, sparking debate in Hollywood and in Washington. Over the past few years, movies have not only brought movieg...

The United States has a long history of publicizing so-called “macho” men. Over the years, the prototypical macho American man has seen numerous incarnations – from cowboys to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Terminator. Often, these characters ha...

Macho (Wo)men in Politics

The United States has a long history of publicizing so-called “macho” men. Over the years, the prototypical macho American man has seen numerous incarnations – from cowboys to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Terminator. Often, these characters ha...

At 12:20 a.m. on September 29, 2015, Kelly Gissendaner was just one of the 53 women on death row throughout the United States. The next minute, that number was reduced by one after her execution for conspiring with Greg Owen, her lover, to kill her t...

Killer Women: The Death Penalty and Depictions of Gender

At 12:20 a.m. on September 29, 2015, Kelly Gissendaner was just one of the 53 women on death row throughout the United States. The next minute, that number was reduced by one after her execution for conspiring with Greg Owen, her lover, to kill her t...