Old Man Joe makes a mockery of Asian America. Seems like being the oldest President this country ever had, his views on Asian America are just as outdated as him. On May 31st, 2022 President Biden made a mockery of Asian America and displayed it to the entirety of the United States. Joe Biden invited […]
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Electric Vehicles and Climate Policy: Where Do We Go From Here?
In 2016, Bloomberg’s Tom Randal boldly proclaimed “It’s looking like the 2020s will be the decade of the electric car.” It’s been eight years since, and electric vehicle (or EV) sales are dropping, worrying vendors and legislators over the durability of the California climate plan. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, cars contributed to […]
The Aesthetics of Age
“[Biden’s] health and age kind of get in the way of his ability to be a good president of the United States,” says a female poll respondent from Wisconsin. He is a “well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory,” says special counsel Robert Hur’s recent report on the president’s handling of classified documents. These are […]
In Defense of SCOTUS
Biden vs. Nebraska, 303 Creative LLC vs. Elenis, and, of course, Dobbs vs. Jackson are just a few of the new Supreme Court’s landmark decisions that have fundamentally changed the nation’s political landscape. To the dismay of progressives, SCOTUS has demonstrated an increasing willingness to strike down prior decisions rooted in judicial activism, in the […]
Is Biden’s Absence Proof of ASEAN’s Fall Into Vestigiality?
On September 5th, the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) met in Jakarta, Indonesia, under the guidance of Indonesian President Joko Widodo. The Southeast Asian bloc’s 43rd meeting commenced under tense conditions, including Beijing’s release of China’s newly declared territory map and the marked absence of United States President Joe Biden. Of […]
30 Years After Anita Hill, the Senate Must Now Confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson To The Supreme Court
Thirty years ago, bright lights and bustling press concentrated on the testimony of Professor Anita Hill— the brave former colleague of then-Judge Clarence Thomas— as she shared her story of sexual harassment with the world. Prior to Hill’s testimony, Thomas, nominated by President George H.W. Bush for the Supreme Court, was noted for his commendable […]
Amid Crisis in Venezuela, Traffickers Target Fleeing Migrants
Oil dependence. Falling production. Spiraling economy. Soaring debt. Hyperinflation. These are just some of the aptly-named “grim indicators” that led the Council on Foreign Relations to the conclusion that “Venezuela is the archetype of a failed petrostate.” Despite severe economic woes, the Venezuelan autocrat Nicolás Maduro has maintained his grip on power after claiming victory […]
We Must Invest in a Public Healthcare System: Medicare for All Now!
The coronavirus pandemic may have started in the East, but China, a country with a population four times the size of the United States, kept its death totals to 90,000. This number is dwarfed by the now 517,000 deaths being reported in the US, the most in the world by approximately 250,000 deaths. Considering that […]
Reconstruct the Administrative State
President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election left many liberals with dueling emotions: the joy of avoiding four more years of President Trump, and the agony of a Republican Senate dooming any hope of an expansive progressive agenda. Although the two runoffs in Georgia could bring the number of Democratic senators to 50, […]
The Decay of Neoliberalism
As the weeks go by, and as we inch closer and closer to election day, both candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden increasingly begin to finalize their political calculus and triangulate their most optimal stances on the issues in order to try and garner the most votes. Naturally, there has been much debate and rumination […]