Donald Trump and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Press
Rita Wang examines the latest Trump firestorm, the point of the media, and the shocking disrespect paid to the Fourth Estate by a presidential nominee.
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Down-Ballot, the Revolution Never Started
Why has the revolutionary spirit of the Sanders campaign not trickled down to other elections?
NC House Bill 2: Discriminatory at Best, Unconstitutional at Worst
Jake Fender describes his opinion of North Carolina’s House Bill 2 and how he feels it both defies the 14th Amendment and endangers American citizens.
“Reimagining the Constitution” on the 150th Anniversary of the 14th Amendment
On March 31st an all-star panel, hosted by Yale’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition, brought together constitutional and reconstruction historians from several different universities to discuss the historical importance of the Amendment.
Accomplice and Art: Indigenous Feminist Activism and Performance
Last Tuesday Maria Hupfield, a visual artist based in Brooklyn and a member of the Anishinaabe tribe, and Jaskiran Dhillon, a professor of Global Studies and Anthropology at The New School discussed colonialism and how to to be accomplice with native communities.
Blocking Supreme Court Nominees Makes Sense (That’s Why Both Parties are Willing to Do It)
It is arguably the countries’ most powerful institution, why wouldn’t one party try to control it?
Everything You Need to Know About Super Tuesday Results
Super Tuesday showed the consolidation of power of the Clinton and Trump campaigns. However, the 2016 race is not necessarily over.
Super Tuesday Outlook
What exactly does tomorrow hold in store for this year’s candidates? Where do candidates need the most vote? Here is your cheat sheet.