Month: November 2018
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Transgender Ban and Supreme Court
The Trump administration has asked the United States Supreme Court to fast-track a ruling on its ban restricting transgender service members from serving in the military. According to NPR, “The proposed policy in question was sent to the president in February by Defense Secretary James Mattis. Those rules would disqualify service members ‘who require or have undergone […]
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APEC Summit
The 2018 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting was recently held in Papua New Guinea. The meeting was a not a success. As Reuters reported, “the leaders failed to agree on a communique at a summit in Papua New Guinea on Sunday for the first time in their history as deep divisions between the United States […]
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The Fight to be Speaker of the House
Since the midterm elections, both parties in the U.S. Senate have chosen their leaders and Republicans in the House of Representatives have chosen theirs. House Democrats have not yet chosen their leaders, which will include the next Speaker of the House. The current leader, Nancy Pelosi, has come under fire from a small but vocal […]
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A Caravan in Mexico
In a bid to escape poverty and violence, thousands of Central American migrants began walking north toward the U.S. border around October 13. In response, U.S. President Donald Trump declared the caravan an invasion and sent U.S. troops to the border with Mexico, sparking international outrage and concerns. Instructors, click the link below to download […]
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Taliban Peace Talks
According to Reuters, “Taliban officials attend a diplomatic conference in Russia for the first time on Friday, but reaffirmed their stance that they would only hold direct talks on Afghanistan’s future with the United States, not with the Kabul government.” Instructors, click the link below to download this week’s lecture for use in your classroom. The […]
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Election 2018 Update
Since last Tuesday’s election, there have been two important developments. First, a deep dive into the voting data sheds light on who voted and what the vote means. Watch this clip from CNN looking at swing counties in the upper Midwest. Instructors, click the link below to download this week’s lecture for use in your […]
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International View of 2018 U.S. Election
The United States has fixed elections every two years for the entire House and one-third of the Senate, and every four years of the presidency. During this first midterm election of the Trump presidency, Democrats won a majority in the House of Representatives while Republicans retained control of the Senate. Instructors, click the link below […]
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2018 Election Fallout
The results were somewhat mixed. After eight years in the minority, Democrats reclaimed control of the U.S. House of Representatives and took back many governor’s offices and state legislative seats. Republicans maintained control of the U.S. Senate. Instructors, click the link below to download this week’s lecture for use in your classroom. The deck contains […]