By Lily Herman On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump gave his first Oval Office address titled the “Address the Country on the Humanitarian and National Security Crisis on our Southern Border.” What followed, but, was much of the racist and xenophobic rhetoric we’ve heard from Trump for the past three along with 1/2 years—including the false claims that undocumented immigr..

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By Lily Herman As soon as it comes to filling out your ballot on Election Day, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with all the choices as a voter. Right considering that, ballots don’t just include the competitive federal races we’ve been hearing about in the news. There really are plenty of key smaller state and local campaigns, not to say life-changing ballot measures, that never m..

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By Thor Benson “The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it,” celebrated astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson once tweeted. There really is overwhelming evidence that the climate is changing and that it’s partially due to human behavior. Despite this evidence, several don’t believe the climate is changing, or they feel that human beings are n..

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By Lily Herman There’s no shortage of interesting races to watch throughout this midterm election season, especially whenever it comes to fair representation in our government. Soon considering that, there really are more ladies, people of color, LGBTQ+ Residents of the United States, and young people running for office than ever before—and several have a wonderful shot of winnin..

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By Lily Herman Millions of people across the nation have been hard at work for the past a few many years hoping to change the political tide in this nation. And right now, hours of conversations, activism, and organizing all come down to the key last few days on the campaign trail convincing voters to head to the polls. Not sure if there’s much you could do this late in the game t..

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By Ernest Owens because the election approaches, some younger voters are grappling with whether or not they plan to show up to the polls. In Pennsylvania, a battleground state that turned red in support for President Donald Trump in 2016, some have noticed the current state of politics a turnoff to voting altogether. “I have rather lost any categorize kind of faith or respect f..

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By Aisha K. Staggers In early 2018, polls showed how passionate millennials were about November’s midterms. By summer, though, confidence in voters under 30 was starting to wane. In an article in The Washington Post, Emily Guskin writes that “low enthusiasm” coupled with a history of “anemic turnout in midterm elections” doesn’t hold the same expectations once contained a..

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By Arkee Escalera On Wednesday, October 10th, the Waller County Sheriff’s Department in Hempstead, Texas confirmed that Jacob Aronowitz, a campaign staffer for Democratic congressional hopeful Mike Siegel, had been arrested. Aronowitz was delivering a letter to the Waller County Elections Administrative office, one that demanded the county update the voter registration status of st..

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Senator John McCain was laid to rest on Sunday (September 2) at the U.S. Naval Academy cemetery in Annapolis, Maryland. The 81-year-old died at his home in Arizona on Saturday, August 25, days soon after his family member reported he'd suspended treatment for glioblastoma and 13 months immediately after doctors first discovered the aggressive tumor on his brain. McCain's presidential..

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