Who is Donald Trump’s pick for vice-president and what does he bring to the table? By: You-Yan Wang “Cultural heroin” were the words JD Vance used to describe his future running mate. In a 2016 article in The Atlantic, the JD Vance of eight years ago made clear his distaste for a certain Donald Trump […]
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Slippery Snake: Trump’s Judicial Acrobatics
How the Presidential Candidate Has Manipulated the Legal System By: Weston Tregay Thirty-four. That’s how many different charges that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicted Trump with all the way back in March 2023. Since his conviction by jury trial, Trump has been able to push the sentencing all the way to after the election […]
Hillbilly Misogyny
J.D. Vance insults women across the nation with “childless cat lady” comments By: Vivian Cain-Weingram The country has fallen into the hands of “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at…the choices that they’ve made and…want to make the rest of the country miserable, too,” according to Ohio senator J.D. Vance. Vance’s 2021 […]
UK Election Shock
Major loss of the Conservative party after 16 years of majority By: Viola Shephard On the fourth of July 2024, the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party was handed an extreme defeat by its opposition, the Labour Party, and their new Prime Minister, Keir Starmer. The downfall of the Conservative Party is rooted in the incompetence of […]
Tim Walz: The Democratic Party’s VP Pick
Democrats picked a relatable candidate to sway undecided voters By: Tia Reddy On August 6th, 2024, Kamala Harris made her selection for the Democratic vice presidential candidate. The decision came after the incumbent Joe Biden dropped out of the election because of donor apathy resulting from his poor debate performance and his perceived cognitive decline. […]
It’s All in the Name
Will Donald Trump’s old strategy of name-calling be enough to rewrite the rules again? By: Sophia Stafford In 2016, Donald Trump’s outlandish nicknames and rhetoric catapulted him from an unserious candidate to the President of the United States. His provocative demeanor and inflammatory phrases seized the attention of the national media. Whether voters were amazed […]
Sparking Youth Voter Engagement
Taylor Swift’s Endorsement of Kamala Harris By: Sally Hoagland Pop icon Taylor Swift has made sparks fly after endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris, creating conversations across the entertainment and political industries. Taylor Swift is no stranger when it comes to expressing her political views, using her social media platforms not only promotes her music but […]
The First Donald Trump Assassination Attempt: Implications on Political Unity
Donald Trump calls for unity among supporters with a public plea of don’t let ‘evil win’. Mere days before July 11, 2024, a twenty-year-old searched the web for the locations of the Democratic National Convention, as well as nearby Trump Rallies. The man in question, Thomas Crooks, would be later killed after attempting to shoot […]
The Presidential Candidates Face Off
Harris provokes Trump again, and again, and again. By: Meredith Richardson A mere two months ago, Joe Biden exited the stage of the presidential debate after a feeble performance, lending credence to right-wing accusations of his incompetence and taking the Democrats’ hopes along with him. During the September 10th debate, however, it was Kamala Harris […]
A Shock to the German Left
The Alternative for Germany party’s success in the most recent German state elections By: Matthew Walsh On September 1, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won a state election in the eastern state of Thuringia, Germany, marking the first state-level victory for a far-right party since the Nazis during the Second World War. The AfD […]