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Young Voters Aren’t Convinced Joe Biden Is The Right Man For The Job

By Christianna Silva Young people don’t think Joe Biden is funny. On March 29, Lucy Flores, a former candidate for lieutenant governor in Nevada, accused him of inappropriately invading her space at a rally in 2014. Other females came forward with similar uncomfortable experiences of the former Vice President crossing boundaries. Just several a day or two later, Biden issued an or..

The Government Has Ignored Puerto Rico For Decades — Trump's Insults Are Just The Latest Example

By Christianna Silva each year and also 1/2 ago, in mid-September of 2017, Hurricane Maria started making its way across the Atlantic Ocean. On September 20, it made landfall on Puerto Rico, resulting in one of the deadliest organic disasters in U.S. History. The island hasn't nevertheless recovered, and then some residents are wondering if it ever will: the storm killed almost 3,000..

Joe Biden Turned Women's Discomfort Into A Punch Line

Joe Biden would like you to know that he "had permission" to hug Lonnie Stephenson, the President of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, while he joined him on stage on Friday, April 5, to address union members. Although that clarification struck several people as although another instance in which the former Vice President failed to completely read the cultural ro..

8 Ways The Trump Administration’s 2020 Budget Could Affect You

By Christianna Silva President Donald Trump’s administration released its $4.7 trillion proposed financial range for 2020 on Monday, March 25, and it’s rife with cuts for programs that specifically aim to help marginalized groups. At the same time, the financial range reflects a five percent increase from the 2019 financial range, will increase the national debt, and aims to incr..

More And More Young Voters Want To Abolish The Electoral College

By Christianna Silva If at least two Democratic presidential candidates succeed in abolishing what some visualize as an archaic process, the process that enabled Donald Trump to be elected president in 2016 would be done away with forever. Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg aspire to abolish the Electoral College: a centuries-old system that can place someone in the presidency even..

Trump Is Already Claiming Mueller's Special Report As A Victory — But It's Not That Simple

By Christianna Silva The investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller that has cast a dark shadow over most of them of Donald Trump’s first term as President has concluded. On Friday, March 22, Mueller submitted his long-awaited investigation into whether President Trump and the Trump for President election campaign colluded with the Russian government to win the 2016 election a..

At Least 3 People Killed In Tram Shooting In Utrecht, Netherlands

By Lauren Rearick Police in the city of Utrecht, Netherlands are searching for a person imagined to be accountable for shooting and killing at least three people and injuring nine others on the morning of Monday, March 18, NPR reports. Per CNN, three of the injured people are reportedly in crucial condition. According to CNN, the incident took place at 10:45 a.M. Because the tram ap..

It Only Took 3 Days For New Zealand To Promise Comprehensive Gun Control Reform

By Lauren Rearick Mere days soon after a terrorist attacked a pair of New Zealand mosques and killed at least 50 people, the country’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has announced that changes will be made to their gun control laws. Speaking while in a press conference on Monday, March 18, Ardern addressed the events that had unfolded on Friday. According to The New York Times, t..

Does Beto O'Rourke Stand A Chance For The Democratic Nomination?

By Christianna Silva On Wednesday, March 13, Democrat Beto O’Rourke reported that he’s officially throwing his hat into a wildly crowded field of presidential hopefuls in the 2020 elections. People were unsurprised – he had been hinting at a presidential run since he lost a challenge to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz by just three percentage points last year, and teasing out his “d..

Paul Manafort's 4-Year Prison Sentence Is Further Proof Of An Unjust Legal System

By Rashad Grove Have you heard the one about the man given a lighter prison sentence because he lived a “otherwise blameless” life? That was the reasoning given by Judge T.S. Ellis III of the United States District Court in Alexandria, VA, while he issued Paul Manafort’s sentence on March 7th, CBS reports. In August, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman was noti..

How To Keep Track Of The Over 200 People Already Running For President

By Khushbu Shah Though we’re over a year out from the next presidential election — mark your calendars for November 3, 2020! — nearly 200 people have already registered as Democratic presidential candidates. Yes, that’s right: two hundred. Some days, it feels like the number may be even higher, with nearly weekly announcements from politicians and personalities who would lik..

The Teen Who Got Vaccinated At 18 Told Congress The Anti-Vaxx Movement Is "Shameful"

By Lauren Rearick In December 2018, a 18-year-old student asked Reddit for help: How and where should he go sort in attempt to finally get vaccinated? He went viral, and three months later, noticed himself sitting in front of the Senate, testifying about his experience as a unvaccinated child. In a hearing on Tuesday, March 5, the student, Ethan Lindenberger, shared what it looked l..

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