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The Shaming of Sexuality: America’s Real Sex Scandal
In early September, the Twitter account of Texas Senator and former Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz “liked” a post containing...
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Oct 27, 20174 min read


Political Boxing Match: Who’s Leading Whom in Health Care?
The United States is in a unique political moment. Today, Republicans and Democrats are more divided along ideological lines than in any...
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May 26, 20175 min read


Justice of a Term Limit
Neil Gorsuch was sworn in as a the 113th Supreme Court Justice on April 10th, 2017 at only 49 years old. Cementing a conservative...
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May 26, 20175 min read


Dollar and Cross: Why Evangelical Support for Donald Trump is Unsurprising
The election of Donald Trump forced a reckoning among American Evangelical Christians. Faced with a candidate who seemed to at least...
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May 26, 20177 min read


The House that Madison Built
At one point during the 2016 presidential election, 95 percent of Republicans believed that Washington and the American political system...
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Apr 30, 20175 min read
Time to Listen: How the Post-Truth Ideology Can Close Liberal Ears
In 2017, “truth” seems to stand on shaky ground. President Trump contests the messages put forward by media outlets, rejects reports from...
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Apr 24, 20177 min read


Reclaiming “You’re Fired”
“I did not resign. Moments ago I was fired. Being the US Attorney in SDNY will forever be the greatest honor of my professional life.”...
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Apr 24, 20177 min read


No Taxation Without Representation
“No Taxation without Representation” The state license plates of over 600,000 Washington, DC residents display this slogan. Every car...
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Apr 19, 20179 min read


Destruction Junction: Steve Bannon and House Resolution 26
When not being caricatured on Saturday Night Live donning the robes and skeletal mask of the Grim Reaper, Steve Bannon serves as White...
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Apr 19, 20175 min read


Viva the Las Vegas Political Machine
Harry Reid is the highest roller in Nevada’s politics. His hand includes kings of the casino lobby, queens of the energy sector, jacks of...
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Apr 12, 20176 min read


The Real Issues With Fake News
The 2016 US Presidential election was an unrelenting bloodbath — filled to the brim with scandal, defamation, and an overwhelming sense...
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Apr 2, 20177 min read


President Peña Nieto and the “Anti-Trump”
When Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto took to Twitter on January 26 to cancel his meeting with US President Donald Trump, he was...
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Mar 31, 20176 min read


Resistance Music in the Trump Era
Donald Trump’s election has elicited resistance marked by activism and political opposition spanning the entire partisan spectrum, from...
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Mar 20, 20174 min read


An (Undemocratic) Case for Term Limits
While presidential term limits guaranteed by the United States Constitution are a key function of American democracy, this concept isn’t...
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Mar 12, 20176 min read


Unite Women, Don’t Divide Women
On January 21, 2017, over 5 million people rallied around the world to stand up for women’s rights during the Trump administration....
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Mar 6, 20176 min read


The Politics of Being Ignored
The gap between the wealthy and poor in the United States is disturbingly greater than most of its residents realize. The Walmart family...
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Mar 5, 20176 min read


American Voter Turnout: The Overlooked Crisis Of Our Democracy
Lost amidst the perpetual scandals, ruthless mudslinging, and overall unprecedented nature of the 2016 American Presidential election was...
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Mar 2, 20176 min read


A New Democra-Tech Party
Apple. Google. Microsoft. Facebook. Twitter. Uber. Tesla. Netflix. eBay. Intel. On February 7th, over 100 American companies co-signed...
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Feb 25, 20174 min read


Donald Trump and the Empty Rhetoric of Executive Actions
The beginning of Trump’s presidency was marked by a flurry of executive actions. In his first twelve days in office, President Trump...
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Feb 22, 20176 min read


Steadying the Goalposts: Avoiding Fallacious Logic In An Extreme Political Climate
In an era of hyper-polarization and fast-paced digital communication, political conversations are happening more often than ever before....
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Feb 21, 20176 min read
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