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A new article appearing on Vox, titled "Trump is still reportedly pushing his racist ‘birther’ conspiracy theory about Obama," featured research completed by Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Professor of Government.

U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright ’83, P’15, returned to the Hill Sunday, Nov. 12, for a question and answer session moderated by Maynard-Knox Professor of Law Frank Anechiarico.

Programs have been developed on campus around the same and similar themes as those offered via Wednesday's Common Ground event.

Karl Rove and David Axelrod, two highly regarded political strategists with different points of view, will discuss current issues on Wednesday, Oct. 18, at 7 p.m. in the College’s Margaret Scott Bundy Field House. USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page will moderate the program.

Peter F. Cannavò, associate professor of government, used President Donald Trump’s behavior during a photo session with NATO leaders as a springboard to discuss leadership virtues in a June 5 Huffington Post essay.

Bill Moyers, well known journalist, documentarian and former White House press secretary, interviewed Professor of Government Philip Klinkner and historians from Princeton, Yale and Harvard’s Kennedy School for a program titled "Lest We Forget - Bill Moyers and four historians on the big lie behind the rise of Trump" for the Moyers & Company website.

“Founding Fathers spirit found in Kaepernick protest,” an opinion piece published by The Hill on Sept. 1, argued that the San Francisco quarterback’s decision to remain seated during the national anthem was an expression of his right to freedom of speech. This is the third opinion piece written by Charles Dunst '18 that The Hill has published in the last two months.

Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Professor of Government, was quoted in a Globe and Mail article titled Dallas shootings: Lasting consequences for race relations, policing and the election on July 11. In a discussion of violent events in 1968 especially those related to party conventions and predictions of what might occur this summer in Cleveland and Philadelphia, Klinkner observed, “The real wild card here is Trump. We’ve never had a major-party nominee who’s been willing to fan these flames” using nativist, anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric. 

Utica-based FM station WUTQ declared Philip Klinkner “pretty much spot on” after conducting live interviews the day of and the day after Super Tuesday with the James S. Sherman Professor of Government. Klinkner offered predictions and analysis of the outcomes. Syracuse’s Post-Standard also sought his perspectives on the previous day’s voting in an article titled Super Tuesday takeaways from 5 CNY political observers.