America has outgrown some of its institutions and continues to struggle to find balance between liberty and equality. Democratic institutions need to be reformed to meet the needs of the society. […]
The United States is a democratic republic where elected representatives engage in policymaking process. Politics is the process that is used to develop and manage the mechanism of government. […]
America hasn’t been able to construct a system that guarantees liberties and gives every group an equal opportunity to participate in politics. […]
US foreign policy under President Trump did renegotiate economic ties with other countries but saw them more as trading partners and less as strategic global allies. […]
During the Cold War, the system of dual hegemony worked like a double-edged sword. Although it generated tension, but, it simultaneously also created some stability. […]
The United States’ role in the international arena has always been pivotal. Its foreign policy- though started off as one of isolationism, couldn’t hold on as one for long. […]
Huck was wrought by his conscience believing that freeing his friend, Jim, was a crime. He is humane enough to sense that condemning people to chattel slavery cannot be right. And yet, his Victorian morality dictates that he do so. […]
The most surprising element of Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address was the lack of blame game. He believed both the South and the North to be equally complicit when it came to the sin of slavery. He saw it as a theodicy question about the justness of God and saw the civil war as a theological punishment. […]
Mark Twain believed that morality can vary and hence should be more accommodating. Abraham Lincoln went a step further in promoting a mutually beneficial approach towards resolving a conflict. […]
According to Marx, the social inequalities of wealth, basic material inequalities, lead to differences in all realms of human life. […]
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