Today people across the US will be voting for the Democratic Nominee in Super Tuesday. This one day is the most important of the whole primary process, with a huge number of states casting their vote at one time. We explain how and why...

With the Supreme Court soon set to make some very influential decisions about President Trump & the 2020 election, we thought it was worth asking if the SC has become too political?

White evangelical Christians are on the frontline of the US's anti-abortion movement. But not so long ago this group was not interested in the politics of terminations. Its members are a crucial faction of Donald Trump's base, motivating...

Coronavirus has lead to laws changing around the world and governments increasing their powers. This has lead to some worrying about the implications on their civil liberties, and wondering if the changes are even constitutional. So in...

In this video, we aim to give some background on the current riots taking place across America and the world following the murder of George Floyd. As you would expect from the topic of this video some of the discussion may be...

With protests about racial bias and police brutality sweeping across America and the world, many are beginning to question how police forces should operate in 2020. Some are suggesting major changes to governance and policing, with many...

At the end of last year, the House of Representatives voted to impeach the president, Donald Trump. In this video, we explain how the process works in theory and how it played out for Trump. We also discuss what's set to happen when it...

Biden has said that he will announce his running mate at the beginning of August, which leads us to ask, how will he pick them? In this video, we take a look at the process used to select a VP as well as the factors that Biden and other...

Professor Dave explores the career and legacy of President Barack Obama

Since being elected Trump has imposed thousands of tariffs on a huge variety of products. However, it's his tariffs on China which have got the most attention, with it escalating into a trade war. In recent days there have been signs of...

Politics in the United States tend to be dominated by the two major parties, with third parties rarely playing a major role. So in this video, we explain who the biggest other parties are, what they stand for and why they struggle to...

Kamala Devi Harris is an American politician, attorney and also the vice president of the United States.



A member of the Democratic party, she assumed office as the vice president on January 20, 2021, and became the...

In this video we discuss the front runners in the Democratic leadership race and discuss what they stand for from a policy perspective. We also dive into how the process is whittled down and whose likely to make it to the next stage.

Presidents William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt battled it out in the election of 1912, even though Roosevelt had handpicked Taft as his successor just four years earlier. What made the Republicans turn on each other? And did the...