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Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Losses: Why the Republican Embrace of Extreme Conservatism Could Usher in
“Make America Great Again.” While the infamous slogan may conjure images of the twice-impeached former US president, its message...
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Mar 15, 20237 min read


Will the Youth Vote Decide the 2024 Presidential Election?
Amid concerns surrounding high inflation and President Biden’s low approval ratings, many pollsters predicted that the midterm elections...
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Dec 8, 20224 min read


A Step, Not the Solution: The Shortcomings of Biden’s Plan for Student Debt Cancellation
In August, the Biden administration announced it would cancel $10,000 of student debt for all federal borrowers making less than $125,000...
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Nov 15, 20225 min read


Split Personality Politics: National Political Polarization’s Impact on State Candidate Positi
Although the November midterms will not involve voting in a president, these elections will prove monumental in determining Republicans’...
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Oct 26, 20226 min read


Moderate Democrats Claim to Want Democracy While Actively Funding Far-Right Candidates
This past May, State Senator Doug Mastriano emerged victorious in his Pennsylvania primary, receiving the Republican nomination for...
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Oct 20, 20225 min read


Closing the Gap: Desensitization to Wealth Inequality and its Costs to Average Americans
There’s a certain unfortunate cynicism to calling economic progressives and Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama “socialists.” Fiscal...
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Oct 29, 20214 min read


Why Passing Stimulus Checks is Critical to the Democratic Party’s Future
Democrats in Congress are likely experiencing dejavú as 2021 mirrors their 2009 control of the White House and Congress, albeit by a...
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Mar 9, 20215 min read


What Does “Electability” Mean for Democrats in 2020?
The Michael Cohen testimony this month brought yet another round of commentary and speculation about the fate of the Trump presidency....
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Apr 5, 20196 min read


How Democrats Won the Farm Bill
A public showdown. Two empty chambers. A fortune at stake. It’s not a wild west movie—it’s the escalation of political tensions that...
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Mar 3, 20195 min read


Rebooting Regulation
Technology and politics are deeply intertwined in America. Data analytics drives campaign strategy and policy decisions, and social media...
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Feb 17, 20183 min read


Why the Democrats Should Not Block Gorsuch
The vote on the confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court will be a turning point in the history of American governance....
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Apr 20, 20176 min read


Having It Both Ways on Both Sides of the Aisle
Throughout history, a foundational divide in American politics has split the federal government. In the early days of the republic,...
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Mar 25, 20164 min read


Where Is the New Generation of Democratic Party Leaders?
Martin O’Malley’s recent exit from the Democratic primary after a disappointing showing in the Iowa Caucus failed to garner much...
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Mar 3, 20164 min read


The Mob Wasn’t Meant to Rule
The figure of the political outsider has never been hotter in American politics, a trend that predictably corresponds with the longest...
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Mar 1, 20166 min read


Winning With No One: Social Conservatism in an Age of Low Turnout
In June of 2015, when the Supreme Court finally legalized same-sex marriage, many activists began celebrating the end of the culture...
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Dec 3, 20155 min read


Why We Ignore American Poverty
More children in the United States live in poverty today than did during the Great Recession, according to a recent report by the Annie...
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Nov 12, 20155 min read


Gunning for Democrats: Progressives in the Second Amendment Debate
When Bernie Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, threw his hat into the presidential race, he was widely expected to be to the...
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Nov 4, 20155 min read


Create More Debates
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) decided to sponsor only six Democratic Primary debates this election cycle, as opposed to the 17...
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Oct 16, 20154 min read


Balancing the Budget Office: Republicans and Democrats are settling the score on the CBO.
In today’s game of politics, it’s hard to keep score — especially for the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Although it is tasked with...
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May 1, 20156 min read


Votin’ with a Voice: The Accented Change of Democratic Populists
The phrase “American accent” is a paradox. There are over 20 recognized dialects of “American English” alone, and there are nearly...
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Mar 6, 20154 min read
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