Christo Thomas

Women's Rights a Societal Stigma or Political Stunt? Women are portrayed as god-like, angels, and savior throughout history and in many religions. In many cultures women are supposed to be leaders in the home and in the community. However, that is often not the case. Women make up 49.5 % of the global population. However, their participation is socio-political spectrum is very dismal. In this era; it will be foolish to exclude women from participating in socio-political spectrum and ignoring women’s issues. I doubt any family is happy and strong without a woman (but there are exceptions). What we see now is a pre-dated topic called Women's Rights. I call it “pre-dated” - because Women’s Rights have long been discussed and fought about.  Recently though, Women’ Rights have become a political tool or seen as a stigma for many politicians. Republics and Democracies are (arguably) the best forms of governance when compared with dictatorships, military rule, and authori...

Democrats the Spoiler of Youth Participation in Democratic Process Most nations ’  history can be divided  in  two, a cultural history and democratic history. However,  the cultural and democratic  histories of the United States are deeply entwined .  The c ulture of United States is mostly western — however ,  it  is disingenuous to not mention the  Native  American  Indians whose land we transformed into  America — one of the most  powerful and wealthy nation s on planet.  Some of the US’s biggest cultural and political milestones are  the split and formation of  two -party system in US ,  t he  Revolutionary War and formation of the United States, T he  C ivil  W ar , t he  C ivil  R ights  m ovement ,   and  the  2016 Presidential election .  I believe that the  2016 Presidential  campaign and election will prov e to be one of thes...