Julia Gomez/Staff Writer For my grandparents, specifically my grandpa, Thanksgiving represented the American Dream. To him, it was the holiday that represented how far he came. Every year, he gave thanks for his wife, his kids, and his grandchildren. He also gave thanks for being an American. After he died, Thanksgiving became a little somber […]
Nathan Nayor/Contributing Writer It has been over two and a half years since the Parkland shooting, which sparked protests around the country pleading for regulations on guns that would prevent these tragedies; yet they ensue, and we have now had a year in which there have been more shootings than days in the year. With […]
Samantha Garcia/Staff Writer So Trump is obviously running for re-election in 2020. To be honest, I can’t say it wasn’t expected. I mean, nobody would voluntarily risk joining Chester A. Author in the list of forgotten presidents. As President, Trump passed a tax bill that successfully lowered taxes for approximately 80% of Americans, according to […]
Fernando Fernández/Contributing Writer As of today, there are exactly 145 days left until the nation’s first Iowa caucus. It’s an event that will provide many political enthusiasts, such as myself, with a definitive answer to one of the most pressing questions defining the 2020 Democratic Party: does its future lie at the center of the […]
Fernando Fernández/Contributing Writer Beto O’Rourke is simply too nice to be president To the surprise of no one who pays attention to the U.S. political arena, Beto O’Rourke recently announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States. Mr. O’Rourke, 46, is a former congressman from El Paso, Texas who recently ran an ultimately […]
Fernando Fernández/ Contributing Writer Populism won Donald Trump the 2016 U.S. presidential election and will help win again in 2020 if the Democratic Party fails to nominate a candidate who can tap into that populist sentiment. But wait; is that populist sentiment still alive and well ? After all, we’re only talking about 2016 right […]
