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The crackdown on foreign students is meant to create a culture of fear – both on and off campus

09.04.2025 7

The Globe and Mail

Debra Thompson

Donald Trump wants to decimate public education in America

26.03.2025 10

The Globe and Mail

Debra Thompson

What’s Trump’s real strategy? It’s all about retribution

11.03.2025 10

The Globe and Mail

Debra Thompson

Elon Musk’s gutting of the public service will cause Americans great pain

28.02.2025 5

The Globe and Mail

Debra Thompson

The name can change, but the work must not: why Canada still needs DEI

08.02.2025 10

The Globe and Mail

Debra Thompson

Trump’s inauguration spectacle augurs poorly for America

21.01.2025 8

The Globe and Mail

Debra Thompson

Would Poilievre be better at protecting Canada from Trump?

Debra Thompson is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail. Pierre Poilievre won’t be able to manage Donald Trump, either. In one fell...

07.01.2025 6

The Globe and Mail

Debra Thompson

Trump is headed back to the White House, but where is the resistance?

Debra Thompson is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail. When former president Donald J. Trump won the 2016 election, left-leaning people...

05.12.2024 10

The Globe and Mail

Debra Thompson

America’s democracy delivered, whether you like the results or not

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, left, Melania Trump and Barron Trump celebrate early results from the 2024 U.S. presidential election in Palm...

14.11.2024 30

The Globe and Mail

Debra Thompson

To understand Trump’s win, we need to drill into gender, age and race

Debra Thompson is an associate professor of political science and Canada Research Chair in Racial Inequality in Democratic Societies at McGill...

06.11.2024 6

The Globe and Mail

Debra Thompson

The races to control the U.S. House and Senate are as important as the presidency

Debra Thompson is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail. Amid the spectacle of the showdown between presidential candidates Kamala Harris...

31.10.2024 10

The Globe and Mail

Debra Thompson

Donald Trump is losing it. He still might win the election

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. president Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Greensboro, N.C., on Oct. 22. Alex...

25.10.2024 2

The Globe and Mail

Debra Thompson

Why has the Cult of Donald Trump proven to be so durable?

Debra Thompson is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail. According to the polling website FiveThirtyEight, 43.1 per cent of Americans have...

21.10.2024 3

The Globe and Mail

Debra Thompson

Where’s the Obama coalition when Kamala Harris needs it?

Former U.S. President Barack Obama walks off stage after speaking at the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Ill., on...

09.10.2024 8

The Globe and Mail

Debra Thompson

The defection of Black and Hispanic voters to the Republican Party could change the U.S. election

Debra Thompson is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail. This U.S. election cycle has already been unusual in any number of ways:...

02.10.2024 3

The Globe and Mail

Debra Thompson

The Harris-Trump debate was heated. Will it fire up voters?

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris...

11.09.2024 2

The Globe and Mail

Debra Thompson

Voting in the U.S. election shouldn’t be as hard as it is

A voter walks to a booth to fill out their ballot at a school in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Nov. 3, 2020. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images...

04.09.2024 10

The Globe and Mail

Debra Thompson

Republicans can’t land a punch on Kamala Harris

Debra Thompson is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail. The surprising, joyful, unbridled enthusiasm surrounding Kamala Harris’s...

19.08.2024 3

The Globe and Mail

Debra Thompson

Tim Walz’s VP selection shows that, in politics, representation matters

In choosing Mr. Walz, Ms. Harris seeks to capitalize on his connections with voters in the swing states of the Midwest, such as Pennsylvania,...

06.08.2024 2

The Globe and Mail

Debra Thompson

American democracy hangs in the balance

An American flag hangs over the stage amid an investigation into gunfire at a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate and former U.S....

15.07.2024 1

The Globe and Mail

Debra Thompson