On Saturday, March 24th I attended the March for Our Lives in Albany, NY. Since the election in 2016 there seem to be more marches than usual, whether they be for science, women or equality. There was …
WILL MASS PROTESTS HELP OR HURT OUR DEMOCRACY? by Wyeth Taylor @ Skidmore College
The most central and important part of a healthy democracy is the engagement of its citizens, especially when those in power make decisions contrary to what citizen’s believe is in their best …
Political Protests a mechanism to Democratic Recovery: March for Life by Woeser Dolma @ Skidmore College
On March 25th, I attended the March for our lives protest in New York City. March for life’s mission is to embrace and protect individual’s life. This campaign has seen massive national support as a …
Big Money Politics with the NRA: Are our children or our politician’s bank accounts more important? by Jane Huber @ Skidmore College
In the future, when I have kids, I want to drop them off at school and not worry about whether they will come home again. That is what parents are worrying about today. At elementary schools, middle …
Why the “Common Good” of the Gun Control Debate Highlights America’s Democratic Flaw by Jake Hempel @ Skidmore College
Gun control has been on the hot seat of political discussion in the United States over the past decade, and with good reason. With recent events in Parkland, Florida, to the Sandy Hook tragedy in …
Is He for Gun Control or for Gun Rights? Losing Faith in Changing Opinions by Isabelle Bertolozzi @ Skidmore College
438. Since January of 2014, 438 people have been shot in a school shooting. 138 of those people died. That number does not even include the 20 first graders and six adults that were killed at Sandy …
In the Name of Guns: Nonviolent Resistance and the NRA by Rachel Burke @ Boston University
In 2013, President Obama addressed the nation with tears in his eyes regarding the massacre of twenty first graders at Sandy Hook Elementary school. Now, it is 2017, and the death toll at Sandy Hook …