Vantage Point: Recent Episodes
Amani
This podcast will break down the American political system and explore different topics from a unique perspective. It will start with the foundations of politics in America and build from there. This podcast will cover the three levels of government, the three branches of government, political cartoons, and lots more.
Sources
https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/
https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/budget
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/budget_fy22.pdf
https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-budget/introduction-to-the-federal-budget-process
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/spending/
Sources
https://youtu.be/WlIS80yvCXY
https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.10754/
https://www.ncpedia.org/anchor/analyzing-political-cartoons
https://www.ellwoodatfield.com/event/the-importance-of-political-cartoons/
https://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA96/PUCK/part1.html
https://www.archives.gov/files/legislative/resources/ebooks/a-visual-history-1940-1963.pdf
https://www.historyskills.com/source-criticism/interpretation/political-cartoons/
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1073912.pdf
https://www.cpschools.org/cms/lib/MI01001578/Centricity/Domain/218/Political%20cartoons%20info.pdf
Sources
https://www.lwv-rva.org/levels-of-government-how-federal-state-and-local-government-work-together/
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/federalism/#HisFedWesTho
https://judicature.duke.edu/articles/foundations-of-u-s-federalism/
https://www.civiceducationva.org/federalism5.php
Sources
https://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/left-vs-right-us/
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/lincolns-timeline/
https://inthesetimes.com/article/politics-party-system-america-democrats-republicans
https://www.diffen.com/difference/Left_Wing_vs_Right_Wing
https://news.gallup.com/poll/275792/remained-center-right-ideologically-2019.aspx
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/06/12/political-polarization-in-the-american-public/