Why Biden’s Running Mate Should Be a Woman of Color
Elizabeth McCann/Staff Writer This November may mark the fourth time ever that a woman’s name would be included on the election ballot in the United…
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Madam President Must Earn Her Seat
Rosa Elera/Contributing Writer Women have been working toward fixing a system constructed to keep them off positions of power, the toughest being a political seat. …
Young Voters Should Inform Themselves Come 2020
Viharachard Dorval/Staff Writer This past month, my head was spinning as I tuned into the third Democratic debate. Free health care for all? War in…
The Future Of the Democratic Party Lies At the Left
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…
Student Loans Shouldn’t Be Forgiven or Forgotten
Melanie Arougueti/Staff Writer Even though student loans are one of America’s biggest crises, they should not be forgiven. However, they should also not be forgotten….
Let’s not suffer a bad “Bern”
Ursula Muñoz Schaefer/ Staff Writer In what may just be the twist of the century, get ready to see Republicans attack the Left on moderate…
Democrat Doug Jones’ victory is a boost for Democrats
Belen Sassone/ Contributing Writer Recently, Democrat Doug Jones won a highly controversial special-election for Alabama Senator, beating opponent Roy Moore by a very small percentile….
Donald Trump won because of Trump Democrats
Donald J. Trump’s name can now be placed at the tail end of a list that includes Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The former host of “The Apprentice” will soon feature alongside the Great Emancipator and the vanquisher of fascism. For shame.
People of color, LGBTQ+ community real losers of 2016 race
As Barack Obama said during his campaigns for Hillary Clinton, there was a lot at stake; democracy was on the ballot, progress was on the ballot. But for me, black security was on the ballot. LGBTQ+ peace was on the ballot. The freedom to religion was on the ballot. My sanity, security and safety were on the ballot. And in droves, Americans said it did not matter.
Democratic candidates take on gun control
The biggest talking point for candidates involved bashing the National Rifle Association, whose outsized influence in Washington and on politicians was widely attacked.