On January 20, 2021, Joe Biden was sworn in as the President of the United States and while there were split opinions across the nation, behind the closed doors of Twitter and Facebook, there was likely a celebration as months of working to censor conservative news stories had finally achieved its end goal. The months […]
Tag: 2020 Elections
Andrew Yang’s ‘Forward’ May Set Us Back
Two years ago, Americans intently watched the shifting momentum and traction of the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee hopefuls; the public fixated on the frontrunners like then-Vice President Joe Biden, Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, and even the fresh, charismatic Mayor Pete Buttigieg. However, entrepreneur and businessman Andrew Yang quickly proved a formidable opponent, polling […]
The Olden Tactics: A Return of Voter Suppression
The 2020 election marked a new beginning for the unraveling of American democracy. Influenced not only by the magnitude of polarization, but also the faith American’s place in voting systems, Trump’s attacks on the validity of the election challenged the ever-popular precedent of respecting election outcomes. A recent Reuters poll found that 52 percent of Republicans believed that […]
The Real Winner of the 2020 Election: Local Criminal Justice Reform
As our nation was fixated on the results of the Nov. 2020 presidential election, many Americans may not have paid much attention to local down-ballot elections concerning criminal justice and mass incarceration. Yet, voters delivered resounding and consequential verdicts on the criminal justice system, from electing progressive prosecutors and decriminalizing drugs, to addressing felony […]
Rural America: The America That is Overlooked
“When I went into a Whole Foods for the first time, I was shocked at how nice a grocery store could be,” says Lauren, a current undergrad studying in New York City who was born and raised in Montana. They continue, “I don’t think that most people understand the extent of the divide between urban […]
Is Marjorie Taylor Greene the Future of the Republican Party?
Marjorie Taylor Greene wants you to know that she’s just like you. With a degree from the University of Georgia and a commercial construction business with her husband, Greene presents herself, in one sense, like any politician would: a small business owner in touch with the needs of her constituents. But that is where all […]
The Shifting Sun Belt
One of the most notable potential political shifts in the 2020 election is a shift in the electoral lean of Texas. It has long been a Republican stronghold. However, changing demographics and political coalitions is putting the state into play for Democrats at the presidential level for the first time since 2000, when President G.W. […]
American Hero vs the Blue Wave
By most accounts, 2020 is shaping up to be a blue wave of historic proportions. Polls put Biden within striking distance of 365 electoral college votes, which President Obama won in 2008. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has been quoted as saying that Republicans should prepare for “a bloodbath of Watergate proportions.” And Republicans across the country […]
Who has the Right to Repair? Massachusetts Voters Will Decide — Again
This November, Massachusetts voters will once again vote in a referendum on “right to repair”, known this year as ballot Question 1. In 2012, the state passed the earlier referendum, giving independent auto repair shops equal access to vehicle computer information as the manufacturing companies that made the vehicle. The law is on the ballot again […]
High Stakes in the Deep South — Mississippi Senate Seat Up for Grabs
The Democratic Party has managed to expand the electoral map in nearly every direction this cycle, making Republicans play defense in once-strongholds like Alaska, South Carolina, and Texas. Perhaps no other state becoming contentious is as shocking as ruby red Mississippi, where former US Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy is making a realistic bid to […]