When liberal icon, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, died at the age of 87, less than two months before an already contentious and dramatic presidential election, the future of the United …
Stop the Steal: The Age of Conspiracy Theories and Disinformation
“As for the lack of evidence that is the mantra of all you flying monkeys. It’s like denying the Holocaust. The evidence is overwhelming and compelling, despite the framing of your question.” This …
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Abolish the Electoral College
For the seventh time out of the last eight presidential elections, the Democratic Party has once again managed to win the popular vote but, despite these repeated victories, they have only won five of …
Authoritarianism vs. USPS
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has offered essential services to the people of the United States for more than 240 years. Among these services include the secure delivery of absentee ballots …
Young People and Politics: How to Increase Youth Civic Engagement
Who is voting in the 2020 presidential election? Will voter norms continue this year, or will things change? In this blog post, I talk about my experience with politics as a college student and how …
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It Takes Two: Threats From Both Parties Have Turned the Supreme Court Into a Political Chess Match
Dating back to Chief Justice John Marshall’s revolutionary decision in Marbury v. Madison (1803), the United States Supreme Court has actively avoided being used as a pawn in political brinksmanship. …
Flip-Flops: Good for Beaches, Not Good For Politicians Legitimacy
Republican Presidential Candidate Bill Weld at UMass Boston “Let’s reintroduce prisoners to the joys of breaking rocks' ', promised former Governor of Massachusetts, now Republican presidential …
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Anti-Immigrant Trump shakes crowd for 2020
A right to live in a peaceful place, a right to get asylum and a right to live without discrimination or prejudice. These are few of the basic human rights we are taught when we were still living in …
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