US politics

Chinese Activists Who Probed Ivanka Trump's Factories Speak Out

2017/07/19 • Agence France-Presse

Chinese activist questions arrest in Ivanka Trump factory probe.

OPINION: From Obama Optimism to Trumpian Gloom

2017/01/21 • Barbara Slavin

As Americans ponder the future with fear, it is hard to reassure friends around the world that as Obama told his farewell news conference, 'Everything is going to be okay.'

BOOK REVIEW: 'Campaign Finance and Political Polarization: When Purists Prevail'

2016/11/27 • Melissa M. Smith

Is there too much money behind U.S. political campaigns or is it more a question of where the money flows? In 'Campaign Finance and Political Polarization: When Purists Prevail' Raymond J. La Raja and Brian F. Schaffner present their argument in favor of giving more, rather than less, money to political parties in order to reduce the polarization that characterizes the U.S. political system. While she questions the extrapolation of state-level analysis to the federal level, Melissa M. Smith praises the cogent delivery of the book’s central claim, even if it remains to be seen if the authors’ points will make it into practice.