The latest news & results from the 2016 US election campaign
Written by Bethany Stacey America- Home of approximately 3.3 million Muslims, 500,000 Sikhs, 4 million Buddhists and 6.5 million Jews. A contemporary example of modern day diversity. As the 1st Amendment states: “To prohibit congress from placing restrictions on practising religion,” and the 15th Amendment notes too; “reserves citizens the suffrage rights, regardless of their…
Written by Alli Enticott Just a few months ago, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump had the hard decision of picking who is to be their running mate and new Vice President (VP). After several weeks of deliberation it was revealed on Twitter that Clinton had picked Senator Tim Kaine, while Trump had chosen Governor Mike…
I can still recall when Barack Obama won the presidency. I could never have imagined that an African American could become president. Even though at the time I did not immediately see the effect it would have on my life, I knew with absolute certainty, I was living through history. When Pete Seeger sang “The…
Written by Emilia Jiang When you type in ‘US election 2016’ on Baidu.com, China’s biggest search engine as Google has been banned for access since 2014, millions of news threads pop out instantly, along with key words such as ‘joke’, ‘ridiculous’ and ‘reality show’. For many past presidential elections, The Chinese Communist Party use them…
An Opinion Piece by Wesley LeBlanc The election isn’t rigged. An election has never been rigged and an election never will be rigged. To believe such a thing goes against the very backbone on which our voting system confidently relies and that backbone isn’t just composed of beliefs. Yet you hear that all the time:…
