Oct 31, 2022 | North America
Who is being elected? The midterm election is a congressional election that occurs halfway through the president’s term of office [1]. In the House, all 435 seats are up for election, while in the Senate only 35 of the 100 seats will be on the ballot [2]. The...
Oct 18, 2022 | North America, Student Work
Title of thesis/research question: Economic Framing Dominates Climate Policy Reporting: A Fifty-State Analysis Type of thesis (undergraduate/masters/doctoral/postdoctoral): Undergraduate University affiliation: Brown University Research Duration: 2019-2020 ...
Oct 3, 2022 | North America
The Great Compromise In 1787, delegates from the thirteen states of the newly founded USA came together at the Constitutional Convention. There were two plans on the table: the Virginia Plan (VP) and the New Jersey Plan (NJP) [1]. The VP was favoured by larger...
Oct 3, 2022 | North America
The House of Representatives (from here on referred to as the House) is one of the two chambers of Congress. Congress forms the legislative branch of the government as set out in section 1 of Article I of the US Constitution [1]. The reason for this...
Sep 24, 2022 | North America, Uncategorized
The United States passed a sweeping bill, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which includes the largest investment in climate in the nation’s history. One of a few goals in the Inflation Reduction Act, about $370B ([EUR] 372B) will go to climate change...
Jul 17, 2022 | North America
The Supreme Court and the wider context The US Supreme Court is the highest court in the United States of America. It consists of nine justices which are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate [2]. They are appointed for life [3]. While it has both...
