/channels/taxonomy/term/24570/all en /channels/channels/news/experts-2024-us-presidential-election-353926 <p><!-- x-tinymce/html -->U.S. President Joe Biden will lay out what he sees as the stakes of the 2024 presidential election — democracy and freedom — in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, on Jan. 6, his first campaign event of the new year. “This Saturday will mark the three-year anniversary of when, with encouragement from Donald Trump, a violent mob breached our nation's Capital. It was the first time in our nation's history that a president tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power," said Biden-Harris campaign manager Julie-Chavez Rodriguez.</p> Thu, 04 Jan 2024 15:32:35 +0000 webfull 196071 at /channels /channels/channels/news/expert-trump-pleads-not-guilty-34-felony-counts-falsifying-business-records-347598 <p>Donald Trump, the former U.S. president and front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records after an investigation into hush money paid to a porn star. While falsifying business records in New York on its own is a misdemeanor punishable by no more than one year in prison, it is elevated to a felony punishable by up to four years in prison when done to advance or conceal another crime. (<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-arraign-new-york-1.6800564">CBC News</a>)</p> Tue, 04 Apr 2023 20:40:25 +0000 webfull 188796 at /channels /channels/channels/news/experts-canada-and-us-reach-border-deal-irregular-migrants-347287 <p>The Trudeau government has reached a long-discussed deal with the United States on irregular migration which will allow Ottawa to close the Roxham Road irregular crossing at the Canada-U.S. border. The deal would close a loophole in the agreement, which came into force in 2004 and currently prevents Canadian law enforcement from turning back asylum seekers who enter Canada from the United States at border locations that are not official ports of entry. (<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/deal-roxham-road-migrants-biden-trudeau-1.6788358">CBC News</a>)</p> Fri, 24 Mar 2023 19:57:20 +0000 webfull 188490 at /channels /channels/channels/news/experts-us-midterm-elections-343417 <p>Control of the U.S. Congress hung in the balance early Wednesday as Democrats showed surprising strength, defeating Republicans in a series of competitive races and defying expectations that high inflation and President Joe Biden's low approval ratings would drag the party down. (<a href="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/fr">CBC News</a>)</p> <p>Here are some experts from ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ who can provide comment on this issue:</p> <p><strong><a href="/sociology/contact-us/faculty/eidlin">Barry Eidlin</a>, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology </strong></p> Wed, 09 Nov 2022 16:31:29 +0000 webfull 184375 at /channels /channels/channels/news/amid-rising-pressures-and-political-divide-bidens-centric-views-might-be-bad-omen-second-term-globe-339437 <p>April 29, 2022 | U.S. President Joe Biden, a lifelong centrist Democrat, has a extremely difficult job at an exceedingly tumultuous time in history. His low poll numbers reflect the scale of the challenges he faces. As politics becomes more and more polarized, what does Joe Biden's moderate approach to politics bode for his re-election chances, should he decide to seek a second term? Max Bell School professor <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/david-shribman">David Shribman</a> provides perspective in this article for the Globe and Mail.</p> Tue, 03 May 2022 14:35:44 +0000 webfull 179964 at /channels /channels/channels/news/2022-turning-out-be-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-year-biden-globe-and-mail-336583 <p>January 18, 2022 | After last week's defeats, U.S. President Joe Biden has been transformed from Battling Joe Biden into the Embattled Joe Biden, <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/david-shribman">David Shribman</a> writes for <em>The Globe and Mail.</em> "The new year brought forth a new Biden - a fiery, determined, passionate President substituting for the dewyeyed, sentimental chief executive. But in the hothouse of American politics, the new year also brought forth new defeats, new disappointments and new dissenters."</p> Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:19:51 +0000 webfull 176616 at /channels /channels/channels/news/gop-overhauling-its-long-standing-identity-globe-and-mail-334971 <p>November 14, 2021 | In his latest piece for the Globe and Mail, Max Bell School professor <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/david-shribman">David Shribman</a> explains how the Republican Party is seeking to transition away from its reputation as being the party of Big Business, instead leaning into trust-busting and other strategies for reining in the power of America's corporations.</p> <p><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-politics/article-the-gop-has-abandoned-its-long-standing-identity/">Read the article</a>.</p> Tue, 16 Nov 2021 18:53:21 +0000 webfull 174868 at /channels /channels/channels/news/trump-digging-creating-his-presidential-library-will-be-challenge-globe-mail-334569 <p>November 1, 2021 | <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/david-shribman">David Shribman</a> speaks on the challenges facing Trump as he curates his Presidential library.</p> <p><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-with-trump-digging-in-creating-his-presidential-library-will-be-a/">Read the article</a>.</p> Thu, 04 Nov 2021 14:01:19 +0000 webfull 174476 at /channels /channels/channels/news/expert-talibans-rapid-advance-across-afghanistan-332466 <p>Taliban insurgents entered Kabul after previously taking control of all of Afghanistan's other major cities apart from the capital. Prior talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government on a political understanding that could lead to a peace deal, backed by the United States and its allies, have failed to make significant progress. (<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/taliban-afghanistan-timeline-1.6141890" target="_blank">CBC News</a>)</p> <p>Here is an expert from ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ that can provide comment on this issue:</p> Thu, 19 Aug 2021 19:24:43 +0000 webfull 172308 at /channels /channels/channels/news/americans-are-super-spreaders-covid-19-misinformation-mcgill-newsroom-330809 <p>April 6, 2021| The mis- and dis-information that fills many corners of the American media ecosystem is having an affect on Canadians' perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research from Professor Taylor Owen and other ƽÌØÎå²»ÖРacademics. The ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ Newsroom has the full story.</p> <p><a href="//www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/files/maxbellschool/channels/image/social-media-phones-people-small_0.jpg">Read the news release.</a></p> Tue, 04 May 2021 18:37:41 +0000 webfull 170316 at /channels /channels/channels/news/biden-builds-desire-change-after-trump-pandemic-globe-and-mail-330754 <p>April 28, 2021 | Max Bell School professor David Shribman reacts to U.S. President Joe Biden's first address to Congress, which leaned into the burgeoning sentiment among Americans that government can and should play a central role in addressing the biggest challenges of our time.</p> <p><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-politics/article-biden-builds-on-desire-for-change-after-trump-pandemic/">Read the article.</a></p> Thu, 29 Apr 2021 17:59:55 +0000 webfull 170249 at /channels /channels/channels/news/david-shribman-american-politics-globe-and-mail-330565 <p>April 2021 | In these recent Globe and Mail articles, Max Bell School professor <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/david-shribman">David Shribman</a> discusses Biden's post-Trump agenda, voting laws, and the potential for a GOP Presidential hopeful from the state of Florida.</p> <p>Read the articles here:</p> Wed, 21 Apr 2021 18:54:36 +0000 webfull 170037 at /channels /channels/channels/event/chaos-america-perilous-path-ahead-327693 <p>On the eve of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, join us for a special panel discussion exploring the deep divisions in American society and what forces led to right-wing extremists laying siege to the U.S. Capitol. </p> Thu, 14 Jan 2021 15:52:06 +0000 webfull 166888 at /channels