Politics Isn’t Divisive, Political Language Is
(Graham McKitrick, Queen’s University) Five days before the U.S election, presidential historian Brooks Simpson said that the election would “go
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Global Issues
The value of cosmopolitanism
(By Emma Brooks, Queen’s University) The overarching purpose of cosmopolitanism is to consider all citizens of the world as equal and
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Trump, news consumption, echo chambers, and elections in the age of social media
(By Diana Zhao, Queen’s University) The 2016 American Presidential election was a race like no other. After a grueling primary, months
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The politics of facts: The importance of social philosophy in the “post-truth” era
(By Kyle Curlew, Queen’s University) It has been over a month since Kellyanne Conway excused her political deceit as “alternative facts”
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US Media, Donald Trump, and Prevalence of Orientalism
(By Simran Grewal, Queen’s University) The media has always been a powerhouse of knowledge and information, and as relationships between individuals,
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Pope Francis and the Zika Virus
(By Ariana Bascom, Queen’s University) It is not often that the Pope of the Catholic Church condones the use of contraception
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Bad Apples: Global Food Waste and Its Consequences
(By Polly Zhang, Queen’s University) Recently, there has been a worldwide movement to reduce the food waste that we produce.
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