The 2016 Presidential election has to be the most controversial election in American history. The first Presidential debate brought much excitement to viewers because this is the first time Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump we would be seen together. The debate was a time for all voters to listen to both Presidential candidates’ positions on America. The debate allows candidates to grab undecided voters or to get the opposing candidates voters to change their mind about who they will vote for on…
President Barack Obama announced his Inaugural address, on the 20th of January, 2009, outside the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., as the forty-fourth president of the United States of America, and as the first African American president of the United States of America. This was a great achievement for the country as well as Obama with racism and other inexcusable prejudices. During his speech Obama, in a way, comforted America about their past, and reassures them for the future.…
While Hillary Clinton was the first woman to run for the United States presidential with the sponsorship of a large party, Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for the president of the United States in 1872 which was 144 years ago, and 50 years before women had the right to vote. The political life of Woodhull paints a picture of the challenges that women have faced in politics which are mirrored by other women, including Hillary Clinton. The two share similar political stands,…
Born on June 14, 1946, Donald John Trump began his childhood in Queens, New York. He was the second youngest in his family, having four other siblings. As Donald proved to be a rather energetic, slightly mischievous child, in addition to being smart, his parents decided to send him to the New York Military Academy when he was thirteen years old. Trump graduated in 1964, and went on to attend two colleges, beginning his post high school education at Fordham University and finishing it at the…
On July 23rd 2012 the broadcast network released an ad. This was called “the choice” Obama for America TV advertisement. It was a positive ad of the president’s plan for the next four years. In this specific political ad Barack Obama states, “over the next four months you have a choice to make, not just between two political parties or even two people” so it can be chosen that he wants to be dealing with the issues going on in our country. However he mentions Romney’s plan and says it is not for…
The creation of the Keystone XL Pipeline is an issue that has become the subject of national debate for the past couple of years. On one hand, there are those that believe it should be built because of its economic benefits. On the other hand, there are those who are against its creation because of the environmental damage it could cause and the communities it could ruin. Because of how divided people are over its creation, President Barack Obama has had to address the issue several times as…
The world is getting smaller and smaller, particularly with the advent of countless technologies and leadership techniques that have brought people closer together than a few decades ago. However, this has contributed to the increasing need for effective leadership in various multicultural work environments. A multicultural leader must be able to navigate both the challenges and opportunities linked to a more connected world in a skillful manner. This will provide the leader with an opportunity…
The 2016 presidential election has very atrocious yet interesting candidates. It is currently between who would be the first Female, first Jewish, first Latino, first Canadian, or who could be America’s last president. It’s a first time for everything right, making history, unfortunately It doesn’t work that way. Everyone in the U.S is screwed if Donald Trump becomes president. This arrogant, ignorant, incompetent, pompous, ill minded republican runner up has been all over the news recently…
The upcoming presidential election has been described as a great many things. but among the top are "crazy" and a "bad joke." In fact, there are only 2 words out of the top 20 that have a positive connotation (Fig. 1). Within the article titled "Can Donald Trump turn Texas blue?" which was originally published in one of The Economists online blogs, Democracy in America, a claim is made that, at first glance, seems as obscure as this election cycle: Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party may be…
The Battle for Souls In the midst of an ever changing political spectrum, that is affecting the African-American community in non-optimistic ways, a theoretical, theological conflict within the Black Church will have great impact on the directions of politics and how to combat and address future challenges to bring forth progress for the Black Community (Harris p. 75). Historically, one of the most important institutions within the Black community, the Black Church has been instrumental in…