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Vanderbilt Political Review

Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

Vanderbilt Political Review

Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

Vanderbilt Political Review

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Can Extremists Be De-Radicalized?

Avi Mediratta January 25, 2017

In August, the George Washington University hired Jesse Morton, a former Al Qaeda sympathizer. As a research fellow in the university’s program on Extremism, Morton now helps the university combat extremism...

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Little Kurdistan, USA

Jordan Grapentine October 24, 2016

Driving down Nolensville Pike, look left to see the Nashville Speedway. Look just past the track and an unassuming warehouse comes into view: the al-Mahdi Islamic Center. There are eleven thousand cultural...

Why I Support Trump

Why I Support Trump

Pawel Durakiewicz March 26, 2016

In the current election cycle, Donald Trump is poised to become the Republican Party presidential nominee, as he is the only candidate who can realistically secure the number of delegates required to avoid...

Chris Christie’s Trump Endorsement Shows the GOP’s Ideological State of Emergency

Hamzah Raza February 28, 2016

Governor Chris Christie’s endorsement of Donald Trump was appalling to say the least. Chris Christie went from the moderate, supposed “Republican in Name Only,” representing a segment of the Republican...

Islamophobia: America's Undeniable Blemish

Islamophobia: America’s Undeniable Blemish

Kevin Zhang September 22, 2015

"I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation...I absolutely would not agree with that"  "So Muslims will go to the mosque, and they will have their day of prayer, and they...

“The attacks…have been real” – VPR Interviews Carol Swain

April 19, 2015

This interview with Vanderbilt Professor Carol Swain appears in VPR's Spring 2015 issue. The interview is prefaced by a brief introduction written by the interviewer Darby Hobbs, a member of VPR's...

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