How long will it be before we see a woman in the top job?

by | 3rd December 2020 | Featured, Politics, Social Justice

How much longer will we have to wait to see a woman finally reach the Oval Office? While Kamala Harris has broken new ground in the fight for women’s equality by becoming the first female Vice President-elect, Amelia Brennan argues that “in order to address the perpetual dominance of men at the top tier of US politics, we have to address the inequalities embedded within US society as a whole.”

‘Celebrity’ whistleblowers and the issue of accountability

by | 7th August 2020 | Democracy, Human Rights, Legal, Politics

Does the media portrayal of intelligence whistleblowers hinder our ability to hold democratic governments to account? In the author’s opinion ‘the information they attempt to expose becomes an afterthought, if it isn’t overlooked entirely’ as media coverage is predominantly focused on ‘the curation of a public persona’ of the whistleblower, diverting much-needed attention away from evidence of illegal or improper conduct.