US election final results: how Trump won
Dec 17, 2016 15:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
At the US election held on 8 November, Donald Trump won the Electoral College by 306 Electoral Votes (EVs), to 232 EVs for Hillary Clinton. While this seems a convincing victory, Trump won four states by 1.2% or less:...
US Election Series: Jill Stein’s recount effort comes to an end with court order
Dec 08, 2016 10:46 am UTC| Commentary Politics
The District Judge who ordered a recount in Michigan, ruled out his earlier order and called for a halt in the recounting process as he determines that the Green Party candidate Jill Stein has no basis or legal standing to...
Donald Trump’s popularity gets a boost after Carrier deal
Dec 07, 2016 10:59 am UTC| Commentary Politics
According to the latest survey by Politico, the negotiations between the President-elect Donald Trump and Carrier Corporation that saved thousands of jobs and prevented the companys moving out of the United States boosted...
How class and the rise of China won Trump the White House
Dec 06, 2016 20:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Most explanations concerning the reasons that led Trump to victory in the US presidential election are unconvincing for two simple reasons: they brush off the issue of class and the rise of China in the global political...
The filter bubble isn't just Facebook's fault -- it's yours
Dec 06, 2016 07:43 am UTC| Technology Politics
Following the shock results of Brexit and the Trump victory, a lot of attention has focused on the role that Facebook might have played in creating online political ghettos in which false news can easily spread. Facebook...
A history of the American anti-feminism behind Clinton's defeat
Dec 06, 2016 07:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The victory of Donald J Trump in the November 2016 US presidential election came as a particular shock to those who had believed that the American nation was ready and willing to elect its first female president. Evidence...
Neoliberalism's failure means we need a new narrative to guide global economy
Dec 06, 2016 06:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Neoliberalism, the dominant narrative guiding Western democracies and their economies for almost 70 years, is crumbling all around us. It was set up to protect our freedoms. But neoliberalisms excesses and failures ...
‘We have thousands of Modis’: the secret behind the BJP’s enduring success in India